Employees in large enterprises engaged with malicious vendor messages 72% of the time after reading them, taking follow-up actions such as replying or forwarding.
Employees in large enterprises engaged with malicious vendor messages 72% of the time after reading them, taking follow-up actions such as replying or forwarding. — This cybersecurity statistic was published by Abnormal AI in June 2025. It covers topics including Vendor email compromise, VEC, Human error. The original data appears in Read, Replied, Compromised: Data Reveals 44% Engagement Rate with VEC Attacks . For the full methodology and detailed findings, refer to the original report.
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Employees in large enterprises engaged with malicious vendor messages 72% of the time after reading them, taking follow-up actions such as replying or forwarding. This data was published by Abnormal AI and covers Vendor email compromise, VEC, Human error.
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This statistic comes from Read, Replied, Compromised: Data Reveals 44% Engagement Rate with VEC Attacks , published by Abnormal AI on June 3, 2025. You can view the original report at https://abnormal.ai/resources/employee-engagement-vendor-email-compromise-threat-report.
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This statistic relates to Vendor email compromise, VEC, Human error. Browse more statistics on Vendor email compromise or from Abnormal AI.