Study says 1 in 4 Net users are phishing targets | CNET News.com

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Roughly one in four U.S. Internet users are targets of phishing attacks—phony e-mails seeking personal financial data—according to a study conducted by Time Warner’s Internet unit AOL and the National Cyber Security Alliance.

In a phishing attack, e-mails ask prospective victims to verify personal information through links to real-looking Web sites.

According to the study, 70 percent of consumers who received such e-mails thought they were from legitimate companies.