This statistic presents the malicious e-mail rates worldwide in 2018, sorted by industry. During the measured period, the mining industry received one malicious e-mail out of every 258 e-mails, while in comparison retail trade received one malicious e-mail per 516 emails.
Industries most affected by malicious e-mails in 2018
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