B
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54%
54% -- click through rate for AI-automated spear phishing (2025)
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54%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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Evidence Quality
B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Adaptive Security
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Tier B
https://www.adaptivesecurity.com/blog/ai-powered-email-threats-changed-landscape ↗
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AI-Powered Email Threats: How Generative AI Changed It
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2026-09-03
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Adaptive Security
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Study by Harvard Kennedy School and Avant Research Group
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AI-automated spear phishing: 54% click through rate. Source: Adaptive Security (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-spear-phishing-click-rate
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