45% of Workers Face Data Breaches, AI Blamed for Rising Cyber Threats (infographic)

A new poll of 20K adults from all around the world conducted by Yubico found that most of the employed people have been victims of cyber attacks. According to the results of the poll, 45% of the respondents said that their personal data like email and banking information has been compromised by hacking or scamming attempts. 72% believe that scamming and phishing attempts have become more seamless and smooth, with 66% saying it is because of artificial intelligence.

The survey also found out that 50% of the respondents have been exposed to a scamming attack in the last year at their work but only 23% said that their company took measures for cyber security training for their employees. 20% reported that their personal accounts got hacked in a cyber attack attempt, which included their banking as well as email accounts.

As a result of those cyber attacks, 22% lost their money and 30% said that they don’t think their personal accounts can ever be safe after that. A lot of respondents also got their personal passwords hacked or exposed (50%). 44% got their social media passwords hacked or exposed.

The reason why a lot of hacking attempts are successful is because many people believe that putting a username and password on your account can make it safe (39%). People tend to reuse these passwords which make them vulnerable to cyber attacks. 20% of the respondents reported that their company doesn’t update technology frequently and only does it when it’s needed. 70% say that they take extreme measures to protect information at work as compared to 63% who protect their personal information more. This is the reason why 24% of respondents always worry about someone hacking their personal account and information.