{
  "question": "Was today phishing season?",
  "url": "https://was.today/phishing-season",
  "verdict": "maybe",
  "headline": "KINDA",
  "answer": "Kinda — October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, i.e. peak phishing-simulation season, though real phishing never takes a season off.",
  "details": [
    "Cybersecurity Awareness Month runs all of October, since 2004",
    "Some corporate calendars schedule the gift-card test email for Oct 27",
    "FBI 2025 report: 191,561 phishing/spoofing complaints, top crime type"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: October 26",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_26"
    },
    {
      "title": "PhishingBox",
      "url": "https://www.phishingbox.com/news/post/cybersecurity-awareness-month-2026-checklist"
    },
    {
      "title": "TechTarget",
      "url": "https://www.techtarget.com/cybersecurity/news/366651182/Use-Cybersecurity-Awareness-Month-as-a-springboard-not-a-fire-drill#1"
    },
    {
      "title": "NICCS (.gov)",
      "url": "https://niccs.cisa.gov/news-events/featured-stories/get-involved-cybersecurity-awareness-month-cybersecurity-career-week-october"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-26",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/phishing-season/2026-10-26",
  "scope": "global",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-26T05:02:52.839Z"
}