The Facts

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Sobering Cyber Stats

One in three homes with computers are infected with malicious software.
65 percent of Americans who went online received at least one online scam offer.
Worldwide, consumers lost $358 +21 hours on average per year dealing with online crime.
47 percent of American adults have had their personal information made public by cyber criminals.
600,000 Facebook accounts are hacked every single day.
The #1 cybercrime is the Imposter Scam, with one in five people reporting a financial loss.

Millennials often fallvictim to cybercrime

Forty-four percent of millennials have been victims of crime online in the last year.
Thirty-one percent of millennials share passwords-the most of any age group.
Eighty-three percent of millennials agree that cybersecurity awareness programs in school and at work is important.
  1. Microsoft Security Intelligence Report and Consumer Reports
  2. AARP, “Caught in the Scammer’s Net: Risk Factors That May Lead to Becoming an Internet Fraud Victim,” 2014
  3. Norton Cyber Security Insights Report Q1, 2017
  4. Ponemon Institute, “2015 Cost of Cyber Crime Study: Global,” 2015
  5. Facebook
  6. Federal Trade Commission, “The Top Frauds of 2017”
  7. staysafeonline.org