Thousands of employees could fall victim to apparent phishing scams every month


  • Three in a thousand bankers click on a phishing link every month and report claims
  • Russia is believed to be the leading force behind the attacks on the banks
  • Banks are wary of new technology such as GenAI, which can help to some extent

New research shows that a worrying number of bank employees click on a phishing link every month, making it one of the most common threats in the industry.

A report from Netskope shows that three in 1,000 employees would fall victim to such scams, so of an estimated 362,000 bank employees in Britain in 2023, this equates to more than 1,000 employees clicking on an unreliable link leading to them has been sent.