A 2023 survey of information technology and cybersecurity professionals in worldwide organizations found that ** percent of organizations had noticed growth in the number of e-mail-based cyberattacks. A further share of ** percent saw the growing sophistication of such cyberattacks as their organization's biggest e-mail security challenge.
information technology and cybersecurity professionals; based on source's characteristics, wider industry metrics may vary
Supplementary notes
Survey respondents were from the following countries: U.S. (27% of the total), the United Kingdom (18%), France (18%), Germany (9%), South Africa (9%) and Australia (18%).
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Mimecast. (July 2, 2024). Share of organizations worldwide that noticed increase in the number of e-mail-based cyberattacks as of November 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1491530/e-mail-based-cyberattacks-global-rise/
Mimecast. "Share of organizations worldwide that noticed increase in the number of e-mail-based cyberattacks as of November 2023." Chart. July 2, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1491530/e-mail-based-cyberattacks-global-rise/
Mimecast. (2024). Share of organizations worldwide that noticed increase in the number of e-mail-based cyberattacks as of November 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1491530/e-mail-based-cyberattacks-global-rise/
Mimecast. "Share of Organizations Worldwide That Noticed Increase in The Number of E-mail-based Cyberattacks as of November 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1491530/e-mail-based-cyberattacks-global-rise/
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