An article relating to this blog post on Finextra:
Phishing losses hit $3.2bn in 2007 - Gartner
Phishing attacks in the US have soared in 2007, with direct losses from identity theft fraud costing financial services firms around $3.2 billion, according to research from consultancy Gartner.
See article
A survey of more than 4500 online US adults results in oh so many details about monetary losses because of phishing. How is it possible to be so conclusive? Details on the methodologies employed in conducting the survey may or may not be bolstering. I
bet on may not.
What is an online US adult? Whatever the definition, does it change over time? How many were surveyed in previous years? Are they a reliable source?
Is the story in question just a case of bad reporting or of making due with junk research?