translated from Spanish: Approx. 27% of Internet users have suffered according to the SCT and the OAS identity theft

March 9, 2019-about 27% of netizens has suffered identity theft, while 21% have been victims of financial fraud by digital means, in accordance with the STU It gave “Habits of users in cyber-security in Mexico 2019”, carried out by the Secretariat of communications and transport (SCT) and the Organization of American States (OAS).
The unit surveyed 5 thousand people across the country performed in 32 centers of Digital Inclusion (CID) work tables, before points Mexico connected.
The secretariat mentioned that 37% of respondents said to use email.
“A point to highlight is that less than a quarter of the participants declared having opened once a spam type email,” explained the SCT.
Almost a third of participants who declared having opened a mail type spam has been clicking a hyperlink contained in this type of message.
On the other hand, more than 42% of the participants indicated not to read the permissions requested by applications before installing them.
“This implies a serious problem because applications apparently officers or not malicious, may actually be stealing information mechanisms, and given that mobile phones now largely replace the computer, this represents a serious risk” He stressed the SCT.
In addition, only 45% of adults watch their children on the internet navigation and 37% agreed to give electronic devices to minors to entertain them.
On the other hand, 34% of respondents suffered some kind of harassment, i.e. bullying, of which two-thirds are minors.
In addition, the study showed that 17% of participating adults had suffered extortion by sending photographs with little or no clothing.
Regarding the use of mobile technology, the survey revealed that it is very common to install additional applications that are shipped on devices.
“Almost half of the participants (42.05%)” It stated that it does not review the content of required permits; that percentage is made up mostly by minors”, highlights the Secretariat.
“No review required permissions represents a major gap of cybersecurity in the use of mobile devices,” says the website.
Source: Vanguard.

Original source in Spanish