In 2018, the National Gendarmerie in France had reported around 68 thousand cybercrimes. From these, the source has provided an in depth ananlysis of the different types of cybercrimes and which ones were the most common in France in 2018. That year, most of the cybercrimes (75 percent) consisted of fraud. Identity theft was the second most common crime, yet around 70 percent less occuring than fraud.
Most frequent types of cyber attacks by number of reports in France in 2018
Characteristic
Share of cyber crime
Fraud
75%
Identity theft
7%
Breach of trust
4%
Defamation via the Internet
4%
Fraudulent access to automated data processing system
4%
Theft
2%
Blackmail
1%
Privacy breach by recording and transmission of images
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Ministry of the Interior (France). (July 9, 2019). Most frequent types of cyber attacks by number of reports in France in 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126138/common-cyber-attacks-france/
Ministry of the Interior (France). "Most frequent types of cyber attacks by number of reports in France in 2018." Chart. July 9, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126138/common-cyber-attacks-france/
Ministry of the Interior (France). (2019). Most frequent types of cyber attacks by number of reports in France in 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126138/common-cyber-attacks-france/
Ministry of the Interior (France). "Most Frequent Types of Cyber Attacks by Number of Reports in France in 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126138/common-cyber-attacks-france/
Ministry of the Interior (France), Most frequent types of cyber attacks by number of reports in France in 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126138/common-cyber-attacks-france/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Most frequent types of cyber attacks by number of reports in France in 2018 [Graph], Ministry of the Interior (France), July 9, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126138/common-cyber-attacks-france/
