This statistic illustrates the results of a survey from 2018 asking Italian internet users if they were victims of online blackmailing.
According to data, 7.8 percent of the respondents stated that they have been attacked by hackers who forced them to pay a ransom in order to regain possession of their personal data.
Have you ever been victim of online blackmailing?
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Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, & Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali. (June 25, 2018). Have you ever been victim of online blackmailing? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/938579/users-victims-of-online-blackmailing-in-italy/
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, und Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali. "Have you ever been victim of online blackmailing? ." Chart. June 25, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/938579/users-victims-of-online-blackmailing-in-italy/
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali. (2018). Have you ever been victim of online blackmailing? . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/938579/users-victims-of-online-blackmailing-in-italy/
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, and Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali. "Have You Ever Been Victim of Online Blackmailing? ." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/938579/users-victims-of-online-blackmailing-in-italy/
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia & Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali, Have you ever been victim of online blackmailing? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/938579/users-victims-of-online-blackmailing-in-italy/ (last visited April 26, 2024)
Have you ever been victim of online blackmailing? [Graph], Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, & Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali, June 25, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/938579/users-victims-of-online-blackmailing-in-italy/