Eurostat je međutim naglasio da su stvarne stope možda više od onih navedenih u tom istraživanju, koje obuhvaća preko 200.000 evropskih korisnika kompjutera, jer uključene cifre predstavljaju samo one pojedince koji su shvatili da su pogođeni.
Eurostat noted however that the actual rates were perhaps higher than those cited in the survey covering more than 200,000 European computer users, as the numbers included only those individuals who realised that they had been hit.