This statistic displays the most common external IT-security threats in Sweden in 2017. The leading threat was malicious code, according to 38 percent of respondents. 30 percent of respondents thought it was phishing.
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IDG Research Services. (March 21, 2017). Most common external IT-security threats in Sweden in 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/998365/most-common-external-it-security-threats-in-sweden/
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IDG Research Services. (2017). Most common external IT-security threats in Sweden in 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/998365/most-common-external-it-security-threats-in-sweden/
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