Study: $3.2 Billion Lost to Phishing in 2007 (Washington Post)
U.S. consumers were scammed out of roughly $3.2 billion over the past year from phishing scams, a significant increase over last year, according to a survey released this week. The estimate, produced by Stamford, Conn.-based research firm Gartner Inc., was based on a survey of 4,500 online adults. The findings indicate that despite a great deal of media attention to the phishing epidemic, the ...
