Fraud
Cybersecurity statistics about fraud
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Full Social Security numbers were exposed in 77% of US data breaches in H1 2025, marking an 8% increase over H1 2024 and an all-time high.
Account login was the highest risk stage in Canada, with a suspected digital fraud rate of 13.0%.
Account creation was the highest risk stage in the US, with 4.2% of attempts suspected of digital fraud.
The Telecommunications industry in the US saw the highest industry/stage fraud rate, with 37.8% of account creation transactions suspected of digital fraud.
The US Communities (online dating, forums, etc.) industry experienced the highest overall suspected fraud rate at 13.7%, driven by a 139% volume increase from H1 2022 to H1 2025.
The US suspected digital fraud rate fell to 3.5% in H1 2025 after spiking at 4.5% in H1 2024.
The suspected digital fraud rate for account logins in Hong Kong was 10.8%, more than two times higher than the global average.
The Communities (online dating, forums, etc.) industry in the UK had the highest suspected digital fraud rate at 10.0%.
34% of consumers in the surveyed Latin American countries reported being targeted by email, online, phone call, or text messaging fraud from February to May 2025.
Vishing was the most cited fraud scheme in the region, reported by 34% of targeted consumers in Latin America.
There was an 11% increase in the rate of suspected digital fraud for financial transaction attempts in analyzed Latin American countries between H1 2024 and H1 2025.
The Dominican Republic had the highest account creation fraud risk in the region at 14.2%.
For transactions in the Dominican Republic, the financial services sector reported the highest suspected fraud rate at 18.2%.
The suspected digital fraud rate in South Africa dropped from 4.3% in H1 2022 to 2.1% in H1 2025.
For transactions where the consumer was in Kenya, the Gaming sector saw the highest rate of suspected digital fraud at 10.4%
7% of targeted Spanish consumers fell victim to fraud, down from 10% reported late last year.
63.1% of non-fixed Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls, representing 3.3% of total volume, were identified as high risk for fraud in H1 2025.
Refund abuse accounts for 19% of fraud and abuse concerns in the gig economy.
83% of leaders at gig economy organisations expect fraud tool spending to increase or hold steady in 2026.
29% of respondents ranked app cloning as their biggest manipulation challenge currently in the gig economy.