THE COMPLEXITY OF PROTECTING ONESELF FROM CYBERCRIME
Cybercriminals can be anywhere, targeting anyone, which makes them incredibly difficult to hunt down. The sheer quantity of people committing these crimes, as well as the extensive resources needed to prosecute them, paves the way for easy repeat offenses. In 2018, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 351,936 complaints — but only launched […]
You May Be More Vulnerable to Cybercrime and Cyber Attacks Than You Think
The U.S. is a prime target for cybercrime, and this is largely due to an ID tag that nearly every American possesses: our social security numbers. Social security numbers (SSNs) form the basis for identification in the U.S. They’re used for a range of things, but few Americans realize how easy they are to piece […]
This Undeniable Decline In Violent Crimes Shockingly Coincides with The Rise of a Comparable Terror — Cybercrime
Over the past few decades, violent crime has plummeted: a cause for celebration. But to the dismay of the unsuspecting, something more insidious has risen to take its place: cybercrime. Between 2001 and 2019, fraud and identity theft rapidly overtook violent crimes in the U.S. Based on data from the Police Executive Research Forum, the […]