According to a survey conducted in December 2022, more than 59 percent of smartphone users in Japan neither knew the term nor the meaning of password list attacks. Password list attacks represent a form of account hacking in which attackers gain access to an account via a list of correct IDs and passwords.
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Share of smartphone users who know about password list attacks in Japan as of December 2022
Survey question: "Do you know about the following attacks or threats on the internet? For each item, please choose one respective answer that applies."
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Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. (February 16, 2023). Share of smartphone users who know about password list attacks in Japan as of December 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 24, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1187746/japan-awareness-of-password-list-attacks-among-mobile-device-users/
Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. "Share of smartphone users who know about password list attacks in Japan as of December 2022." Chart. February 16, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1187746/japan-awareness-of-password-list-attacks-among-mobile-device-users/
Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. (2023). Share of smartphone users who know about password list attacks in Japan as of December 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1187746/japan-awareness-of-password-list-attacks-among-mobile-device-users/
Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. "Share of Smartphone Users Who Know about Password List Attacks in Japan as of December 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1187746/japan-awareness-of-password-list-attacks-among-mobile-device-users/
Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan, Share of smartphone users who know about password list attacks in Japan as of December 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1187746/japan-awareness-of-password-list-attacks-among-mobile-device-users/ (last visited June 24, 2025)
Share of smartphone users who know about password list attacks in Japan as of December 2022 [Graph], Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan, February 16, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1187746/japan-awareness-of-password-list-attacks-among-mobile-device-users/
