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Cybersecurity statistics about boomers

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16% of Boomers plan to use ChatGPT to help them with gift ideas this holiday season.

Norton10/16/2025
ConsumerChatGPT

55% of Boomers see themselves as most responsible for protecting personal data in an app.

Legit Security10/1/2025
AIAI-created apps

When faced with data breaches at both a large corporation and a small business, 27% of Gen X and Boomers say they would stop shopping with both entirely.

GoDaddy7/8/2025
ConsumerBreach

38% of Gen X and Boomers say they use a credit monitoring service as a measure to help themselves from being hacked.

GoDaddy7/8/2025
ConsumerBreach

30% of Gen X and Boomers say they check that the website has a padlock icon before visiting and/or purchasing anything as a measure to help themselves from being hacked.

GoDaddy7/8/2025
ConsumerBreach

37% of Gen X and Boomers would cut ties with a business if it experienced a security incident.

GoDaddy7/8/2025
ConsumerBreach

72% of Gen X and Boomers would take immediate action after a data breach notification.

GoDaddy7/8/2025
ConsumerBreach

7% of Gen X and Boomers report being less concerned about online security than they were five years ago.

GoDaddy7/8/2025
ConsumerBreach

42% of Gen X and Boomers say they use a different password for every account as a measure to help themselves from being hacked.

GoDaddy7/8/2025
ConsumerBreach

37% of Gen X and Boomers say they don't save their credit/debit card information in brand accounts as a measure to help themselves from being hacked.

GoDaddy7/8/2025
ConsumerBreach

21 % of Gen X and Boomers say they froze their credit as a measure to help themselves from being hacked.

GoDaddy7/8/2025
ConsumerBreach

Over 80% of Gen Z and Millennials report that they are at least somewhat likely to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) when it isn’t required. This compares to just 51% of Boomers.

Bitwarden4/23/2025
MFAGen Z

67% of Boomers say they don’t share passwords at all, and only 7% of Boomers resort to text-based sharing.

Bitwarden4/23/2025
PasswordsCredentials