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Sead Fadilpašić

Watch those typos - email mistakes are causing significant security issues

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  • Report finds 98% of security leaders view misdirected emails as a major data security risk
  • Misdirected emails caused $1.2bn in fines and 27% of GDPR incidents last year
  • 97% believe behavioral AI can reduce human error and improve outbound email security

Cybercriminals and disgruntled employees are not the only thing businesses need to worry about when it comes to data security, as new research claims sending emails containing sensitive information to the wrong address by mistake is also becoming a major problem.

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