BEC
We've curated 31 cybersecurity statistics about BEC to help you understand how business email compromise tactics are becoming increasingly sophisticated in 2025, targeting organizations through deceptive emails that trick employees into revealing confidential information.
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In Q4 2025, Business Email Compromise accounted for 51% of all email fraud cases.
Impersonation made up 82% of all BEC incidents in Q4 2025.
In Q4 2025, CEOs and senior executives accounted for 50% of impersonation-based BEC emails and 41% of total BEC incidents.
Diversion tactics (fraudulent invoices, fake payroll requests) accounted for 18% of BEC incidents in Q4 2025.
31% of leaders at financial services firms say they are unprepared to recover effectively from a Business Email Compromise.
53% of healthcare organizations believe their organizations are vulnerable or highly vulnerable to a BEC/spoofing/impersonation incident.
In 2022, 64% of respondents from healthcare organizations said their organizations were very or highly vulnerable to BEC/spoofing/impersonation attacks.
52% of healthcare organizations were vulnerable or highly vulnerable to a BEC/spoofing/impersonation incident in 2024.
56% of organizations noted preparedness for business email compromise.
Swedish and Norwegian targets comprise a combined 19% of BEC targets.
Impersonation is the most common technique in BEC scams, with 82% of attempts targeting CEOs and executives.
A significant portion of BEC targets are Danish, at 38%.
Swedish language use in BEC scams is 3.8%.
The strategic use of Danish language in BEC scams is 11.9%.
For Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks, English-speaking executives remain the most targeted at 42%.
Norwegian language use in BEC scams is 1.5%.
After CEOs and executives, the remaining BEC impersonation efforts are aimed at directors and managers (9%), HR personnel (4%), IT staff (3%), and school heads (2%).
Non-Business Email Compromise (BEC) incidents rose by 214%.
Conversely, EMEA organisations show the highest reporting rate for BEC, at 4.22%
Repeat engagement with VEC in EMEA is the highest of any region, over twice that of BEC.