Fraudbusting UK police have teamed up with Silicon Valley experts to encourage people to protect their online accounts better after over 35,000 victim reports were lodged last year.
That represents a sharp rise in hacking, with 35,434 reports made to Action Fraud, compared with 22,530 in 2023, today's data show.
Action Fraud, the national fraud and cybercrime reporting service, has launched a campaign, supported by Facebook owners Meta, to encourage people to use two-step verification for each account they have. It comes as figures show nearly £1million was lost to social media hackers in the past year.
The most common motives were investment scams, ticket fraud or theft of the targeted account.
Adam Mercer, deputy director of Action Fraud, said: "As social media and email account hacking remains the most reported cyber-crime this year, this campaign marks a critical issue for everyone who has online accounts. That's why we're raising awareness of the ways people ...
That represents a sharp rise in hacking, with 35,434 reports made to Action Fraud, compared with 22,530 in 2023, today's data show.
Action Fraud, the national fraud and cybercrime reporting service, has launched a campaign, supported by Facebook owners Meta, to encourage people to use two-step verification for each account they have. It comes as figures show nearly £1million was lost to social media hackers in the past year.
The most common motives were investment scams, ticket fraud or theft of the targeted account.
Adam Mercer, deputy director of Action Fraud, said: "As social media and email account hacking remains the most reported cyber-crime this year, this campaign marks a critical issue for everyone who has online accounts. That's why we're raising awareness of the ways people ...
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Daily Express (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 17, 2025