Phishing tactics were used in 32 percent of the breaches covered in the 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigation report. It’s likely that number will be even higher in the 2021 report. Phishing is the perfect way to trick their victims into taking action, and phishing is a good way to do it, the report says. The report also says phishing was used in nearly half of the data breach breaches covered by Verizon in the report’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it’s likely it will be used again in the future.”]
Source: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/whitepapers/phishing-spearphishing-other-email-based-attacks-w-7061