More than $687 million was lost worldwide because of phishing attacks in the first half of 2012. More than 32,000 attacks a month through first half, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group. Attacks in Canada increased nearly 400% in the same period of 2012, mainly because of the Canadian dollar. Brazil and South Africa ranked fourth and fifth among countries targeted by phishing in first half 2012. The number of attacks per month fell from 15.3 hours per attack to 11.72 hours per.”]