A survey of phishing attack targets by the Anti-Phishing Working Group found that many of them were repeat victims of hackers.

The APWG's Internet Policy Committee began an online survey about 18 months ago that sought input from managers of websites that had been exploited in phishing attacks and other malevolent efforts.

Of the 270 who completed surveys through March, 37% said they had phishing or spoof sites planted on their Web servers two or more times, which the APWG said speaks to the difficulty of securing an online enterprise.

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