Almost half (43%) of UK’s Generation Z want more focus on fighting cybercrime than on real-world crime, research by PA Consulting Group shows. When it comes to combatting cybercrime, the UK public expects a dual role for ISPs and the police, with the majority of people confident that the police have a higher cyber capability than criminals. This, according to PA, is an overstatement of the reality that needs to be addressed.
In the interconnected world of today, people’s lives are increasingly taking place online. Whether it is to read emails, work via a cloud, talk to friends via social media and mobile apps or to find new people and products on (social) platforms. With this increased use of data-driven technologies also comes increased cybercrime. Thieves are no longer just targeting their victims in the real-world; they will also try and often succeed to steal from them in the cyber world. Part of the issue comes from people not knowing that they are unprotected as they rely on the technologies they use to be safe, which is not always the case. Research by IBM, for instance, shows that half of developers are not investing in apps security and that 63% of dating apps are vulnerable to hackers. For the full article click here
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