Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Per capita cheese consumption in the US

correlates with

Phishing attacks reported annually (worldwide)

r = 0.90891% · 2005-2022
Per capita cheese consumption in the USPhishing attacks reported annually (worldwide)

These two datasets have a 91% correlation over 2005-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

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Data Sources

Per capita cheese consumption in the USers.usda.gov
Phishing attacks reported annually (worldwide)apwg.org
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