With the 2020 US presidential election only 12 months away, a new survey of registered voters suggests email security against phishing attacks could be a make-or-break issue for candidates—and for our democracy.
Only three months ago, the Agari team published our first in-depth analysis on how the top candidates for the US presidency compared when it comes to email security. The kinds of email attacks that helped derail Hillary Clinton’s candidacy in 2016 are only getting more sophisticated, and new data released today shows that campaigns are not taking the threat as seriously as they should.
The type of email attacks that helped derail Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid during the 2016 presidential election cycle could be a prelude to the aggressive tactics we may see in 2020—and new data suggests early candidates and their campaigns aren’t ready to defend themselves.
Three years ago, Russian operatives spear phished the email account of Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman during the 2016 US presidential election.