Phishing attack volume on global companies by country 2021

A 2021 survey revealed that 20 percent of the organizations based in Australia experienced ten or more successful phishing attacks in the measured year. In comparison, 15 percent of the organizations in Germany experienced a similar number of successful phishing attacks. Furthermore, 43 percent of Japanese companies did not encounter successful phishing attacks in 2021.

Volume of successful phishing attacks on organizations worldwide 2021, by country

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May 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Number of respondents

600 respondents

Special properties

IT security professionals

Supplementary notes

The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "How many successful phishing attacks did your organization experience in 2021?"

Data is based on a survey of more than 600 IT security professionals across the United States, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
The source does not provide the exact date of the survey.

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