Between October 2021 and September 2022, malware was the most common type of cyber attack in financial and insurance organizations. The attack vector targeted around 40 percent of organizations worldwide. Network and application anomalies ranked second, with 23 percent of organizations experiencing such cyber attacks, while system anomalies followed, with 20 percent.
Distribution of cyber attacks on financial and insurance organizations worldwide from October 2021 to September 2022, by type
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Statistics on Cyber crime and the financial industry in the United States
Overview
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Data breaches
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Cost of a data breach
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Hacking and cyber attacks
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- Basic Statistic Cyber crime incidents worldwide 2020-2021, by industry and organization size
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Spotlight: business approaches to cyber security
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- Premium Statistic Cybersecurity-related experiences of global financial institutions 2021
- Basic Statistic Global organizations affected by outsider cyber incidents 2021
- Basic Statistic Cyber security concerns of cyber leaders worldwide 2021
- Basic Statistic Countries with most cyber-resilient enterprises 2021
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Orange. (December 1, 2022). Distribution of cyber attacks on financial and insurance organizations worldwide from October 2021 to September 2022, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 06, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323911/cyber-attacks-on-financial-organizations-worldwide-by-type/
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Orange. "Distribution of Cyber Attacks on Financial and Insurance Organizations Worldwide from October 2021 to September 2022, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323911/cyber-attacks-on-financial-organizations-worldwide-by-type/
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Distribution of cyber attacks on financial and insurance organizations worldwide from October 2021 to September 2022, by type [Graph], Orange, December 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323911/cyber-attacks-on-financial-organizations-worldwide-by-type/