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17% of consumers reported having a social media account taken over.
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
37% of Black Americans who encountered a scam reported losing money.
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
29% of consumers have a browser extension that blocks trackers (up from 25% in 2024).
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
33% of consumers have identity theft protection services (up from 28% in 2024).
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
Scams pretending to be a bank or credit card company was reported by 25% respondents.
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
Less than half (48%) of consumers regularly review their security settings at least once every six months.
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
65% of consumers use a unique password across their different accounts.
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
The youngest adult age group (18–29) experienced a 27 percentage-point increase in encountering text scams between 2024 and 2025 (reaching 40% in 2025).
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
Only 5% of MFA users use a physical security key, the most secure method of authentication.
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
Only 8% of consumers were "very confident" that their personal data is private and not distributed without their knowledge.
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
10% of the highest income group ($100,000 or more) lost money after encountering a scam, making them the least likely income group to lose money.
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
Nearly half of Americans (46%) reported having personally encountered a cyberattack or a digital scam attempt.
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
42% of Americans use a password manager that automatically creates and stores a very strong password for each account (up from 36% last year).
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
Phishing was the most common method, experienced by 39% of respondents.
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
16% of consumers were "not confident at all" that their personal data is private and not distributed without their knowledge.
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
94% of consumers avoid clicking links in texts from people they do not know.
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
Only 48% of Americans in May 2025 said they were at least somewhat confident that their personal data is private and not distributed without their knowledge, a drop from 53% in 2024.
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
80% of consumers set permissions for apps on their smartphone to block access to things like their camera, location, or contacts if they are not needed for the app to function.
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
93% of consumers avoid clicking links in emails from people they do not know.
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
Only 24% of consumers encrypt their hard drives
10/1/2025•
ConsumersScam
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