70 % of Canadians have been victims of cybercrime 2012

[Lioness1]

70% of Canadians Have Been Victims of Cybercrime
Posted by Techvibes Newsdesk on 2012-09-05 12:01:00 AM



Symantec Canada has released this year’s global Norton Cybercrime Report and the numbers are scary. While Symantec's definiton of "cybercrime" is long it can be loosely defined as online attacks including malware, viruses, hacking, scams, and fraud & theft.

According to the report there were 8.3 million cybercrime victims in Canada last year with 70% of online adults experiencing cybercrime in their lifetime. Check out Symantec's Canada Fact Sheet including a breakdown of social and mobile cybercrime after the jump.




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[FrumpyBB]

70% ?!?
Well, ok, all combined

malware, viruses, hacking, scams, and fraud & theft

makes sense.

[Allyra]

70% of Canadian "online" adults(!)...not 70% of Canadians like the title says. It makes a big difference
(see the link above)

[Lioness1]

70% of Canadian "online" adults(!)...not 70% of Canadians like the title says. It makes a big difference
(see the link above)

But this number is already more than enough, right?

[Allyra]

Yes, it's scary... I'm one of them