Number and type of spam and malicious emails recieved by DWP between 2018 and 2019: SSAC FOI response
Updated 11 February 2021
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Information request
1. Total number spam/malicious emails blocked by your organisation over the last 2 calendar years (2019 and 2018) broken down by year.
2. Please could you also provide a category for the malicious emails e.g. 2,300 phishing emails, 5,000 spam/junk emails, 3,400 anti-virus blocks.
Response
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