based on source's characteristics; wider industry metrics may vary
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Attacks in the Digital Identity Network are split by human-initiated attacks, which typically return full digital identity profiling data relating to individual events, and high velocity automated bot attacks.
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YoY change in human initiated attacks worldwide 2023, by sector
In 2023, there was almost 60 percent increase in the human-initiated attacks rate in the e-commerce sector. Additionally, the financial service sector saw an eight percent increase in human-initiated attacks rate. Overall, there was a 19 percent spike in human-initiated attacks.
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