Digital

Attacks
DIGITAL ATTACKS MAY NOT BE
SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND, BUT
TODAY, IT IS ALL TOO MUCH OF A
COMMON PROBLEM.

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WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN, AN
ATTACK OCCURS EVERY 39 SEC.
1 IN 36 MOBILE DEVICES
HAVE A HIGH RISK APPLICATION

INDIVIDUALS IMPACTED IN MILLIONS

3,000

ESTIMATED 519 - 947 MILL.

DEVICES IN US

2,000

1,000

GOOGLE BLOCKED 18 MILLION DAILY

0 PHISHING EMAILS RELATED TO COVID
IN 2020
15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

400K
20

20

20
20

20
20

20

20

IN 2022, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF

1802 ATTACKS
IN THAT SAME YEAR, OVER 422 MILLION
300K
PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED

200K

100K
THE MAIN CAUSE OF DATA BREACHES
ARE CRIMINAL OR MALICIOUS
ATTACKS

0K
2016 2017 2018 2019 2021
Human Error
27%

PHISHING SCAMS HAVE INCREASED

BY 34% FROM 2020 TO 2021
THESE REPORTS MAKE UP 38% OF
Attacks INTERNET CRIME
48%

System Glitch
25%

THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 48% OF

DATA BREACHES BUT THERE ARE
OTHER FACTORS

IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER HOW PREVALENT DIGITAL ATTACKS HAVE

BECOME, AND HOW MUCH THE NUMBER OF ATTACKS IS GOING TO INCREASE
IN THE COMING YEARS.

SOURCES:

HOWARTH, JOSH. “THE ULTIMATE LIST OF CYBER ATTACK STATS (2023).” EXPLODING TOPICS, EXPLODING TOPICS, 21 DEC. 2022,
HTTPS://EXPLODINGTOPICS.COM/BLOG/CYBERSECURITY-STATS.

PUBLISHED BY ANI PETROSYAN, AND FEB 24. “NUMBER OF DATA BREACHES AND VICTIMS U.S. 2022.” STATISTA, 24 FEB. 2023,
HTTPS://WWW.STATISTA.COM/STATISTICS/273550/DATA-BREACHES-RECORDED-IN-THE-UNITED-STATES-BY-NUMBER-OF-BREACHES-AND-
RECORDS-EXPOSED/.

BISCHOFF, PAUL. “THE STATE OF PHISHING IN THE US: REPORT AND STATISTICS 2021.” COMPARITECH, 28 SEPT. 2022,
HTTPS://WWW.COMPARITECH.COM/BLOG/INFORMATION-SECURITY/STATE-OF-PHISHING/.