These 30 social engineering attack statistics reveal human vulnerabilities and how bad guys love to exploit them (to your detriment)
Social engineering doesn’t hack your company’s devices or digital assets; it “hacks” the people who have access to them.
Bad guys have been influencing the behaviors of others throughout recorded history. Whether it’s conning someone into buying a mule they don’t own or manipulating others into sharing secret intel, criminals will continue using human emotions and psychology to get what they want. But in the years since criminal activities moved into the digital world, we’ve seen how heavily cybercriminals rely on these same basic social engineering skills.
Cybercriminals continue to use these psychology-based tactics to trick, coerce, manipulate, threaten, or otherwise get targeted individuals to do their bidding.
So, what insights do the top social engineering statistics for 2025 offer?
Let’s hash it out.
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