Sunday, December 18, 2011

Cybercrime: A Shocking Picture of the Problem - Norton Community

Cybercrime: A Shocking Picture of the Problem - Norton Community

"Cybercrime costs $388 billion dollars in annual losses globally and it affected almost 7 in 10 adults last year.

"Norton Cybercrime Report 2011, a study on the impact of cybercrime that included a survey of over 12,000 adults in 24 countries. This provides an important and accurate picture of the scope of cybercrime globally and the results are shocking! Every day of the past year, over 1 million online adults in 24 countries experienced cybercrime. This can also be broken down to 50,000 victims per hour, 820 victims per minute, or 14 victims every second. In just the last 12 months 44% of people have been a victim of cybercrime while only 15% have been a victim of physical crime in the same period. "