A 2021 survey of IT security specialists worldwide found that around three in ten companies saw 11 to 50 malicious USB drop attacks. Furthermore, 12 percent of respondents said their organization saw over 50 such attacks, whereas 36 percent reported never having experienced them.
Volume of malicious USB drop attacks on organizations worldwide in 2021
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 does not provide an exact date of survey.
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Proofpoint. (May 2, 2022). Volume of malicious USB drop attacks on organizations worldwide in 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1351303/volume-malicious-usb-drop-attacks-worldwide/
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