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SANS infosec training org suffers data breach after phishing attack

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Dissent

Lawrence Abrams reports:

The SANS cybersecurity training organization has suffered a data breach after one of their employees fell victim to a phishing attack.

[…] In a notification posted to their site today, SANS states that one of their employees fell for a phishing attack that allowed a threat actor to gain access to their email account.

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