Athletes Are Increasingly Targeted by Social Engineering Attacks

The Guardian and an Ernst & Young report highlight that athletes are increasingly targeted by sophisticated social-engineering scams—including AI-assisted spear-phishing and deepfakes—using publicly available personal data to craft highly personalized attacks; these campaigns have contributed to nearly $1 billion in losses over 20 years, with a significant uptick in recent years, and the article recommends modern security awareness training to reduce human risk.