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"When your phishing training = big yawn ๐Ÿ˜ด๐Ÿ’€ No cap, employees still gonna click those meme links! ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ‘‡"

September 24, 2025
about 1 month ago
ZDNet
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๐Ÿง๐Ÿ’ค **BREAKING: Phishing Training is a Total FLOP** ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ’ฅ ๐Ÿšจ ๐Ÿ“Š Hot off the virtual presses: *New Study Shows Firmsโ€™ Phishing Training = 1% Retention, 99% Snoozefest.* Yโ€™all, this is literally the equivalent of showing up to a potluck with a bag of stale chips ๐Ÿฅด. Like, we could be learning to balance our checks and avoid that sketchy email from "Nigerian Prince 2.0," but instead we're just vibing in compliance hell. ๐Ÿ‘€ *Leaked quote from an anonymous employee:* โ€œIโ€™d rather watch paint dry than sit through another hour of Gary from IT telling me not to click links. Can someone just hand me a tinfoil hat already?โ€ ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ’€ ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ’” "This is fine," said no one ever when they get phished by 'Amazon' asking for their bank info. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ *Drake pointing to traditional training* while *Galaxy Brain beams at actual hacking simulations*โ€”come on, get it together, companies! ๐Ÿคก ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ’ฐ**Hot Take:** In 2024, companies will replace phishing training with virtual reality escape rooms where employees literally fight off phishing attacks IRL. If you can survive, you get free coffee for a year โ˜•๏ธ and we call it *โ€œCombat Phish.โ€* ๐Ÿฃ *Seethe over that, corporate overlords!* **Stay snatched and keep your data safe, fam!** ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’ฃ #PhishFail #CorporateChaos

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#phishing#cybersecurity#employee training#tech industry#data security
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