Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ experiences with and views of online scams and attacks. For this analysis, we surveyed 9,397 adults from April 14 to 20, 2025.

“There’s no workaround or user behavior that meaningfully mitigates this risk,” says Keeper Security’s Darren Guccione.

Old-school home hacking is typically ineffective -- it takes too much effort for the average burglar and modern devices are better protected against mass internet attacks (especially if you keep ...