Bulk phishing attacks rate on organizations 2021

Published by
Ani Petrosyan,
Mar 10, 2025
A 2021 survey of IT security specialists worldwide found that more than three in ten companies saw 11 to 50 bulk phishing attacks. Furthermore, 15 percent of respondents said their organization saw over 50 such attacks. These phishing attacks usually send the same e-mail to many people within an organization.

Volume of bulk phishing attacks on organizations worldwide in 2021

CharacteristicShare of respondents
No attacks 14%
1-10 36%
11-50 33%
50 or more 15%
Total unknown 2%
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Release date

May 2022

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Number of respondents

600 respondents

Special properties

IT security professionals

Supplementary notes

Data is based on a survey of more than 600 IT security professionals from the United States, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

The source defines bulk phishing attacks as "indiscriminate, "commodity" attacks in which the same e-mail is sent to many people within an organization"

The source does not provide an exact date of survey.

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