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The emails, they said, appeared quite authentic, significantly increasing the chances of success.

In the emails, the attackers impersonated SendGrid and demanded users activate multi-factor authentication (MFA).

A fish hook is lying across a computer keyboard, representing a phishing attack on a computer system

There, whoever typed in their login credentials essentially shared them with the attackers.

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