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title: New Report Finds Nearly Half of 2021 Phishing Attacks Targeted Civil Servants
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# [New Report Finds Nearly Half of 2021 Phishing Attacks Targeted Civil Servants](https://blog.gomainspring.com/news/new-report-finds-nearly-half-of-2021-phishing-attacks-targeted-civil-servants)

 Written by [Ray Steen](https://blog.gomainspring.com/news/author/rsteen) | November 2, 2022 at 4:22 PM

### Ray Steen, Chief Strategy Officer, [MainSpring, Inc.](https://gomainspring.com/) was Quoted by TechNewsWorld on Phishing Attacks Targeting Civil Servants.

View the full article [New Report Finds Nearly Half of 2021 Phishing Attacks Targeted Civil Servants.](https://www.technewsworld.com/story/new-report-finds-nearly-half-of-2021-phishing-attacks-targeted-civil-servants-177338.html)

> "But without supervision or the protection of enterprise firewalls, they are easier to reach through a variety of channels," he told TechNewsWorld. "This increases the number of phishing scams they are exposed to, rendering them more vulnerable than in-office personnel over the long run."
> 
> - John P. Mello Jr., ECT News Network reporter, Articles: [TechNewsWorld](https://www.technewsworld.com/story/new-report-finds-nearly-half-of-2021-phishing-attacks-targeted-civil-servants-177338.html)

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