In the last year, 16.2 million people, one in seven people in Japan, were involved in cybercrime such as account hijacking and unauthorized access, and the total damage was estimated to be 32 billion yen, according to an American security company. Summarized.
From November to December last year, NortonLifeLock, a major American security company, conducted a questionnaire survey of about 10,000 people in 10 major countries around the world, including the United States, India, and Japan.
According to this, it is estimated that a total of 415.6 million people were victims of cybercrime such as fraudulent payment of credit cards, and of these, 16.2 million people, one in seven in Japan, were victims of cybercrime. It is said that.
The amount of damage is estimated to be 32 billion yen, an increase of 10 billion yen from the year before the same survey was conducted.
When asked about the methods of cybercrime in multiple answers, the most common was unauthorized access such as hijacking accounts such as SNS (68%),
followed by computer virus damage on PCs and smartphones (39%), and personal information. The outflow was 25%.
Saori Nakamura of "NortonLifeLock" said, "Anyone with a smartphone may receive a fraudulent message. We do not know where cybercrime is lurking, and we take measures such as keeping the software up to date. I want you to take it. "