Cyber-crooks hit one in five Europeans

Over one in five European computer users have fallen victim to cyber-crime, according to new research. Some 22 per cent of 7,000 PC users surveyed by Ipsos for AVG Technologies had experienced some form of cyber-crime.Italians fared worst with 32 per cent of users affected, closely followed by the UK with 31 per cent. The study noted that more Europeans believe that they are likely to experience cyber-crime (34 per cent) than burglary (22 per cent), assault (19 per cent) or robbery (25 per cent). View: The full story @ vnunet Read full story...

 


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