Canada justice lawyers fell for phishing e-mails


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 25 Jun 2014

OTTAWA, Canada: Lawyers at Canada's justice department were fooled into providing confidential information by responding to phishing e-mails far more than average Internet users, according to security test results released Monday. 

According to Canadian government figures, 156 million phishing emails are sent worldwide on a daily basis. 

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