{"id":192140,"date":"2026-03-02T14:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/study-finds-phishing-scams-are-on-the-rise-accelerated-by-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:50:15","slug":"study-finds-phishing-scams-are-on-the-rise-accelerated-by-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/study-finds-phishing-scams-are-on-the-rise-accelerated-by-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Finds Phishing Scams Are on the Rise, Accelerated by AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/study-finds-phishing-scams-are-on-the-rise-accelerated-by-ai\/\">Study Finds Phishing Scams Are on the Rise, Accelerated by AI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/study-finds-phishing-scams-are-on-the-rise-accelerated-by-ai\/\">https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/study-finds-phishing-scams-are-on-the-rise-accelerated-by-ai\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-02 14:41:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnet.com\">www.cnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Phishing and spoofing scams have surged by over 85%, with average financial losses increasing from $1,000 to $2,060.<\/li>\n<li>Generative AI has played a significant role in the growth of more frequent and sophisticated scams.<\/li>\n<li>The U.S. Federal Trade Commission reported that Americans lost over $12 billion to consumer fraud in 2024, marking a 25% year-over-year increase.<\/li>\n<li>48% of the 1,376 complaints analyzed involved online scam attempts, shifting the primary method used by attackers away from phone scams.<\/li>\n<li>Despite assumptions about lower susceptibility, younger adults such as Millennials and those aged 26 to 35 are increasingly targeted by AI-powered scams. <\/li>\n<li>To protect oneself, individuals should stay vigilant, watch out for overly enticing offers, familiarize themselves with common scam techniques, verify unexpected communications, and report suspicious activity to authorities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Study Finds Phishing Scams Are on the Rise, Accelerated by AI https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/study-finds-phishing-scams-are-on-the-rise-accelerated-by-ai\/ Publish Date: 2026-03-02&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/15f929ce1ba9d13970a3bf0b33968dfeb264b5f7\/hub\/2026\/03\/02\/0c2584c6-1fd7-46e8-8a8c-d6c0671b5de0\/gettyimages-2222587920.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-192140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-generative-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192142,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192140\/revisions\/192142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}