The Password She Already Had

In 2019, a cybersecurity firm in Austin, Texas reported that 81% of data breaches began the same way — not with sophisticated hacking, but with a simple phishing email. The message would arrive looking official, trustworthy, even helpful. And it always carried the same underlying whisper: "Your current access isn't enough. Click here for more." Sarah Chen, a network administrator in Portland, described how she nearly fell for one.…