Meanwhile, 1.4 million computer misuse cases included computer virus-related incidents, and 0.6 million incidents were related to unauthorised access to personal information. Half of the frauds (1.9 million incidents) was cybercrimes. According to the Office for National Statistics, in 2016 in England and Wales have been 3.8 million fraud and 2.0 million computer misuse incidents. Thinking that identity theft is not happening and only silly people lose their money to cyber crimes is also not a wise move.
Believing that you won’t be fooled by fake email and you will never install ransomware is not a good idea.
If you have never taken care of your computer’s security, 2017 is the best year for that.
