Initial idea 2 : Phishing & scams

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Phishing  & scams 

    The Internet is filled with valuable data that is protected by many security mechanisms. The biggest security vulnerability is the human being, who thoughtlessly and often unknowingly gives away this data or access to well-guarded accounts to hackers and scammers. There are many ways to acquire sensitive data from a user. One way to do this is through phishing - "an attempt to trick a user into divulging their private information" (Fox, 2022). This method involves pretending to be legitimate companies, websites, businesses even security services in order to make a deal or financial gain. Unaware of the scam users transfer money or provide their sensitive data and find out about the fraud after the fact. According to the Office for National Statistics (2022), 3% of users who received a phishing message responded to the message, and 11% of them shared their sensitive data. Although this seems like a small percentage, the scale of the scam is huge, and does a great deal of damage. The most vulnerable users are those between the ages of 25 and 44 (Office for National Statistics, 2022). There are many government and non-government organizations making the public aware of the techniques used by scammers and sensitizing them to report such situations (ActionFraud, 2022).






References

ActionFraud (2022) Useful organisations, ActionFraud, Available at: https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/useful-organisations [Accessed:12/10/2022] 

Fox, P. (2022) Phishing attacks, Khan Academy, Available at: https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computers-and-internet/xcae6f4a7ff015e7d:online-data-security/xcae6f4a7ff015e7d:cyber-attacks/a/phishing-attacks [Accessed:12/10/2022]

Office for National Statistics (2022) Phishing attacks – who is most at risk?, Office for National Statistics, Available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/phishingattackswhoismostatrisk/2022-09-26#:~:text=Adults%20aged%20between%2025%20and,clicked%20a%20link%20(4.8%25).  [Accessed:12/10/2022]

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