Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Firearms found at TSA checkpoints

correlates with

Phishing attacks reported annually (worldwide)

r = 0.91191% · 2009-2022
Firearms found at TSA checkpointsPhishing attacks reported annually (worldwide)

These two datasets have a 91% correlation over 2009-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

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Data Sources

Firearms found at TSA checkpointstsa.gov
Phishing attacks reported annually (worldwide)apwg.org
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