# Letter about a mandatory subbotnik opened by 23% of employees in a Kaspersky training mailing

- URL: https://syn.by/en/technology/cybersecurity/kaspersky-subbotnik-letter/
- Published: 2026-11-12T18:00:26+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T18:35:55+00:00
- Section: Cybersecurity
- Language: en
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/tekhnologii/kiberbezopasnost/pismo-subbotnik-kaspersky.md
- BE edition: https://syn.by/technalohii/kiberbiaspieka/subotnik-supracounikau-kaspersky.md

> Payslips and rescheduled working days attracted 11% of recipients each. Almost no one responded to emails about a notification from the Information Protection Centre or about bonuses.

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The most effective bait in training phishing mailings sent to employees of Belarusian organisations was an invitation to a mandatory subbotnik: 23% of workers clicked on it. Kaspersky presented the data on 10 November at the "Cybersecurity 2027" forum.

The statistics are based on data from the Kaspersky Automated Security Awareness Platform for January to October 2026. These are training emails that companies send to their own employees to test their reaction, not real attacks.

According to Kaspersky, 11% of workers clicked on emails about rescheduled working days and about payslips.

A fake notification from the Information Protection Centre [interested 3% of recipients](https://edinstvo.by/2026/11/11/kakie-fishingovye-pisma-chashhe-otkryvayut-sotrudniki-organizaczij-rasskazali-eksperty-po-kiberbezopasnosti), and a message about an undelivered letter, 2%. Almost no one responded to a notice about the start of an unscheduled inspection either.

Even fewer clicks went to emails about a new annual bonus system and an expanded list of corporate services: 1% each.

Svetlana Kalashnikova, product manager at Kaspersky Security Awareness, said: "Attackers subtly exploit work issues that provoke emotions and dull vigilance, such as mandatory attendance at a subbotnik or receiving a payslip." According to her, emails disguised as mailings from HR or internal services are perceived as trusted, and the critical assessment drops sharply.

Dzmitry Kudrevich, Kaspersky's representative in Belarus, believes that the restrained reaction to a number of mailings points to growing wariness among employees. At the same time, he says, in real life fraudsters generate phishing emails with the help of AI, and such messages are becoming ever more plausible. Therefore, he says, staff training remains relevant. Kaspersky sells precisely this kind of training solutions, so the conclusion about the usefulness of training comes from an interested party.

In December 2024, Kaspersky reported that Belarus ranked second in the world by the share of users attacked by internet-based cyber threats. In July 2024, its experts warned of phishing attacks on Belarusian organisations posing as customers.