Root cause of cyber attacks at U.S. companies 2023

In 2023, the most common cause or delivery of cyber attacks in the United States was Unpatched vulnerability, encountered by 23 percent of companies nationwide. Root cause unknown was the second most common origin of cyber attacks, with 22 percent of the attacks. Phishing and various types of human error were also likely to cause a cyber attack in the examined year.

于2023年，美国最常见的网络攻击成因或传播方式为未修补的漏洞，全国范围内有23%的企业遭遇此类问题。未知根本原因成为网络攻击的第二大来源，占比22%。钓鱼攻击以及各种类型的人为错误亦可能在当年导致网络攻击事件的发生。