During the second half of 2020, Gmail was the most commonly used email provider used by BEC attackers, accounting for 43 percent of all BEC campaigns.
Leading e-mail providers used for sending BEC e-mails worldwide as of 2nd half 2020
Characteristic
Percentage of BEC emails
Gmail
43%
Seznam.cz
7%
Virgin Media
7%
Roadrunner
7%
Email.cz
6%
Naver
3%
Earthlink
3%
Post.cz
3%
AOL
2%
Other
17%
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Agari. (March 16, 2021). Leading e-mail providers used for sending BEC e-mails worldwide as of 2nd half 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026730/leading-e-mail-providers-for-sending-bec-emails-worldwide/
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