Netherlands: perceived high-risk cyber criminality situations 2019

This statistic shows the outcome of a survey done on the perceived high-risk cyber criminality situations in the Netherlands in 2019. As of 2019, when the respondents were asked when they think they run the greatest risk to become a victim of cyber criminality, roughly 40 percent of the respondents indicated that they think they run the greatest risk when opening a link in an email. Roughly ten percent, on the other hand, indicated that they think the greatest risk is when connecting to WIFI.

When do you think you run the greatest risk to become a victim of cyber criminality?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
When opening a link in an email	41%
When I am on a public computer	34%
When I download files from the Internet	32%
When opening the attachment of an email	31%
When visiting a website	12%
When connecting to WIFI	9%
When using a device that uses an online connection	8%
Don't know	19%

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Release date

September 2019

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Region

Europe, Netherlands

Survey time period

June 26, 2019 to July 10, 2019

Number of respondents

1,004 respondents

Age group

16-80 years

Special properties

the results have been weighted to represent the entire population between 16 and 80 years old

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source in Dutch as follows: "Wanneer denk je dat je de grootste risico's loopt om slachtoffer te worden van cybercriminaliteit?"

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