As of 2021, the industry with the highest percentage of customers targeted by malware was education. During that year, 22.5 percent of customers in the education sector were targeted, as opposed to 19.6 percent in the government sector and 16 percent in the healthcare and retail sectors.
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Average annual share of customers targeted by malware worldwide in 2021, by selected sector [Graph], SonicWall, February 17, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359155/global-average-annual-share-of-customers-targeted-by-malware/