The statistic presents the distribution of spear phishing e-mail attacks in Japan from 2013 to 2018, broken down by modus operandi. In 2018, the Japanese police confirmed that 90 percent of total spear phishing e-mail attacks were of an indiscriminate style, up from a 53 percent share in 2013.
Distribution of spear phishing e-mail attacks in Japan from 2013 to 2018, by type
*The source defined spear phishing attacks which send out e-mails with the same text or malware to 10 or more destinations as the ‘indiscriminate’ attacks.
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National Police Agency (Japan). (March 7, 2019). Distribution of spear phishing e-mail attacks in Japan from 2013 to 2018, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/866357/japan-share-spear-phishing-email-attacks-by-type/
National Police Agency (Japan). "Distribution of spear phishing e-mail attacks in Japan from 2013 to 2018, by type." Chart. March 7, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/866357/japan-share-spear-phishing-email-attacks-by-type/
National Police Agency (Japan). (2019). Distribution of spear phishing e-mail attacks in Japan from 2013 to 2018, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/866357/japan-share-spear-phishing-email-attacks-by-type/
National Police Agency (Japan). "Distribution of Spear Phishing E-mail Attacks in Japan from 2013 to 2018, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Mar 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/866357/japan-share-spear-phishing-email-attacks-by-type/
National Police Agency (Japan), Distribution of spear phishing e-mail attacks in Japan from 2013 to 2018, by type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/866357/japan-share-spear-phishing-email-attacks-by-type/ (last visited June 26, 2022)
