Phishing tests can be an important part of cybersecurity awareness training. But as the NBA champion New York Knicks recently showed, they can also go awry.
According to a recent report in The Athletic, Madison Square Garden (MSG) Sports, which owns the Knicks, deployed a poorly timed and ill-conceived phishing simulation ahead of its banner-raising ceremony on Oct. MSG Sports sent out emails to employees with offers of free championship rings commemorating the team's historic NBA Finals victory in June. Team employees often receive championship rings at the start of the following season.
