In 2023, business e-mail compromise (BEC) scams were the most common type of social engineering attacks using Gmail.com. Roughly **** percent of such cyberattacks detected on Gmail.com were identified as BEC scams. General scamming ranked second, with over ** percent, and phishing was identified in *** percent of social engineering attacks abusing Gmail.com.
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Ponemon Institute, & Barracuda Networks. (June 30, 2024). Distribution of social engineering attacks abusing Gmail.com 2023, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1493511/global-social-engineering-attacks-gmailcom/
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