The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted cybersecurity and identity theft into the spotlight for both businesses and individuals. With many people working from home, the need for internet security is at an all-time high. Businesses are experiencing more cybersecurity attacks and their remote workers are targets of phishing. As we enter December, “Identity Theft and Prevention Month,” we want you to realize that internet scammers see increasing opportunity the longer we are ‘locked-down’ at home with increasing internet usage.
2020 is ‘an identity theft pandemic.’ According to the Federal Trade Commission, at the end of August 2020, more than 175,000 COVID-19-related reports about fraud, identity theft, and Do Not Call:
What can you do to minimize the chance of being a victim of cyber fraud?
We need to protect ourselves from COVID-19 and ‘identity theft pandemic now more than ever. It is up to you to take some of the steps outlined above to protect yourself and deter how fraudsters are using our personal information.
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