Global industries most targeted by business email compromise (BEC) attempts 2021

Published by Ani Petrosyan, Apr 19, 2023
In 2021, the most targeted sector worldwide for business email compromise (BEC) attempts was retail. The industry saw 34,536 such attempts during the examined year. The consulting sector ranked second, with over 27,700 business email compromise attempts. The education industry followed, detecting around 16,500 BEC attempts during 2021.

Industries with the highest number of business email compromise (BEC) attempts worldwide in 2021

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March 2022

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2021

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