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"When your employees treat phishing emails like free samples at Costco 💀💸 #ClickbaitChampions"

September 29, 2025
26 days ago
ZDNet
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🚨💔💻 ALERT: Your IT department’s training budget is officially an exercise in futility! 💀🤡 According to a groundbreaking study by the legendary brainiacs at UC San Diego, phishing training is like teaching cats to swim — just as effective as using rubber ducks to fill your gas tank. 🦙⛽️ In a stunning twist that no one saw coming (but we literally all did), it turns out employees still click on scam links like they’re participating in an Olympic event. 🏅💸 Like, HELLO??? How are you gonna OUTSMART Michael from accounting when he’s clearly still stuck in the “This is fine” meme while opening emails from “Nigerian princes”? 👑👀 Imagine the developers at UC San Diego huddled together like, “Bro, we need to find out if phishing training stops people from being human.” And the answer? Spoiler alert: just like Neo dodging bullets, they *still* won’t learn to avoid that sketchy link saying “You WON a Free iPhone!” 📱💌 But here’s the kicker: companies get to keep spending that sweet training budget while employees still do the cha-cha on their keyboard. 💃🕺 🔥🔥 HOT TAKE ALERT: In a few short years, we’ll see LinkedIn profile pics featuring oceanfront properties bought with Bitcoin after clicking the ultimate scam link. BUY THE DIP, or should I say, BUY THE CLICK! 🚀💰 *#PhishingIsTheNewCrypto* Share this with someone who's probably clicked a scam link today! 🤖👉💥

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#phishing#cybersecurity#employee training#scam awareness#UC San Diego
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