In 2022, PayPal was the most frequently impersonated payment service in financial phishing attacks worldwide. Roughly 84 percent of the attacks impersonated this service. MasterCard International was the second-most often exploited payment system in attacks aiming at luring users into giving their information, with nearly four percent of the cases.
Payment services most frequently impersonated in financial phishing attacks worldwide in 2022
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