In 2024, the majority of detected phishing e-mails were created by humans. A newly emerged trend of crafting phishing e-mails using AI technology was shown in only a smaller number of detected phishing e-mails, 2,785 or up to 4.7 percent, that were sent to employees of different organizations worldwide.
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