250,000 accounts are stolen per week

Theft of accounts is something that seems to always be current. Techniques like phishing still seem to be very effective, since many users still fall for this type of trickery. In fact, some 250, 000 accounts are stolen worldwide each week. Google has presented a stadium carried out in collaboration with the University of California.

250, 000 accounts are stolen per week

For this study, data was collected from March 2016 to March 2017. We try to see what were the most used techniques in this period. Phishing and keylogging have risen as the winners, because they are the most used by hackers worldwide.

1 million accounts stolen per month

The figures leave no doubt. That 250, 000 accounts are stolen a week, or 1 million a month, is a very high figure. They generally carry out the techniques we have mentioned. Most accounts that are stolen are located on black market reseller websites. Generally due to security holes it is possible to steal these accounts. Cases like Equifax or Yahoo come to mind.

Although it seems that phishing is still a very effective tool to deceive users. Google is concerned about these data. Since phishing also steals personal data. So the danger for users is much greater in these cases. In addition, they have commented that 82% of the phishing tools were trying to get the user's IP and location.

Up to 12 million credentials have been stolen thanks to phishing techniques. While keylogging is responsible for 788, 000 credential thefts. Some data that shows that they are still very effective and dangerous.