Over a thousand employees fell into Malmö's IT trap

The city of Malmö sent out fake emails to 3,500 employees to simulate an IT attack – but the test was stopped prematurely after a third fell for it, reports Sydsvenskan. Fredrik Blix, a doctor in cybersecurity, believes that it is important for municipalities to practice IT attacks. – It is so that we can have good and secure services within the municipality, he says.

The city of Malmö sent fake emails to 3,500 employees to simulate an IT attack. But the test had to be stopped prematurely – when a full third of the recipients fell for the trap, reports Sydsvenskan.

Thousands of employees within the city of Malmö were exposed to a fake IT attack. It ended in chaos. Everything had to be suspended. Then…