among PC users; 2,878 male and 2,122 female respondents
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Survey question: "Did you experience one of the following things when using the internet in the past year? Please choose all the things that apply."
The item in question referred to the experience of having one's social networking service (SNS) account taken over, followed by actions such as products being advertised that one did not use or unknown videos being posted.
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Share of PC users who had their SNS account hacked Japan 2022, by gender
According to a survey conducted in December 2022, *** percent of female computer users in Japan had experienced a takeover of their social media account within the past year. The share among men was slightly lower.
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