As of 2022, almost six in ten of the surveyed internet users in the United States believed their social media accounts were hacked or attempted to be hacked. At the same time, 66 percent of the respondents said they
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Statistics on U.S. consumers and cyber crime
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Trust in data security in the U.S. 2022, by institution
- Premium Statistic Concern about digital privacy in the U.S. 2021-2022
- Premium Statistic Global share of consumers trading personal data for rewards November 2022
- Basic Statistic Global consumers awareness of data selling among companies 2020-2022
Incidents and data breaches
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- Basic Statistic IC3: total damage caused by reported cyber crime 2001-2022
- Basic Statistic Leading cyber crime victim loss categories worldwide 2022
- Basic Statistic Financial losses in cyber crime in the U.S. 2022, by state
- Basic Statistic Average cost per data breach in the United States 2006-2022
- Basic Statistic Cyber crime: number of compromises and impacted individuals in U.S. 2005-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. major data compromises 2022, by number of victims
- Basic Statistic U.S. number of cyber attacks leading to data violation 2020-2022, by type
- Basic Statistic Private data violation incidents in the U.S. 2020-2022, by industry
Consumer behavior
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- Basic Statistic Crime worries in the United States 2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. consumers trading personal data for online services 2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. consumers preferring not to trade data for online services 2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Global consumers sharing personal data for better service November 2022, by data type
- Basic Statistic Global consumers using digital data protection tools November 2022, by type
- Premium Statistic Global concerns regarding passwords 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Leading ways brands' actions with data can improve consumer trust in the U.S. 2022
Awareness and prevention
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- Premium Statistic VPN usage in the United States 2022
- Premium Statistic VPN usage in the U.S. 2019-2022, by location
- Premium Statistic VPN awareness in the U.S. 2020-2022
- Premium Statistic Most important reasons for using a VPN in the United States 2022
- Premium Statistic Password storage habits in the U.S. 2022
- Basic Statistic Main reasons not to use a password manager worldwide 2022
Privacy and social media
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- Basic Statistic U.S. social media users who think their accounts have been hacked 2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. social media users on platforms protecting their privacy and data 2020-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. social media users on Facebook protecting their data 2022. by generation
- Premium Statistic U.S. social media users on apps they trust the least 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. social media users on apps they trust the most 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. social media users password habits 2022
Privacy regulations
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- Basic Statistic U.S. consumer privacy laws 2023, by state
- Basic Statistic Monthly number of CCPA filings 2020-2023
- Basic Statistic Cumulative number of CCPA filings 2020-2023, by industry
- Premium Statistic Global consumers on data privacy priorities effective to build trust 2022
- Premium Statistic CCPA readiness among U.S. companies Q4 2022, by company size
- Premium Statistic CCPA readiness among U.S. companies Q4 2022, by type
- Premium Statistic CCPA readiness among U.S. companies Q4 2022
- Premium Statistic CCPA readiness among California companies Q4 2022
Further related statistics
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- Public opinion on passwords being deceptively week 2022, by country
- Ways to secure passwords on the internet in Poland 2022
- Number of times employees entered their password to access work data 2022, by country
- Global concerns regarding passwords 2022, by country
- Using the same password for more accounts in Czechia 2022
- Frequency of passwords change in Poland 2021
- Difficulty level of passwords in Poland 2021
- Saving passwords for computer, phone or service access in Poland 2021
- Places to save passwords for computer, phone or service access in Poland 2021
- Same passwords usage for various Internet accounts in Poland 2020
- Average time spent by respondents on resetting passwords 2022, by country
- Brazil: average number of passwords to access digital services 2020
- Charset distribution of leaked user passwords worldwide 2017
- Brazil: most common places for internet users to save their passwords 2020
- U.S. internet users sharing passwords with friends and family 2016
- Storage techniques U.S. internet users utilize for online passwords 2016
- Password habits at work and at home of online adults worldwide 2022
- Password habits of online adults managing personal accounts 2021, by country
- Password habits of online adults managing business accounts 2021, by country
- Share of Hungarians changing privacy settings on Facebook 2019, by age
- Share of Romanians changing privacy settings on Facebook 2019, by age
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Social Media Today. (January 22, 2022). Share of users in the United States who believe their social media accounts have been hacked or attempted to be hacked as of 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 26, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1371648/social-media-users-us-accounts-hacked/
Social Media Today. "Share of users in the United States who believe their social media accounts have been hacked or attempted to be hacked as of 2022." Chart. January 22, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1371648/social-media-users-us-accounts-hacked/
Social Media Today. (2022). Share of users in the United States who believe their social media accounts have been hacked or attempted to be hacked as of 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1371648/social-media-users-us-accounts-hacked/
Social Media Today. "Share of Users in The United States Who Believe Their Social Media Accounts Have Been Hacked or Attempted to Be Hacked as of 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1371648/social-media-users-us-accounts-hacked/
Social Media Today, Share of users in the United States who believe their social media accounts have been hacked or attempted to be hacked as of 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1371648/social-media-users-us-accounts-hacked/ (last visited March 26, 2023)
Share of users in the United States who believe their social media accounts have been hacked or attempted to be hacked as of 2022 [Graph], Social Media Today, January 22, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1371648/social-media-users-us-accounts-hacked/