The Norton Life Lock recently released a report titled “2021 Norton cyber–Safety Insights Report”.
Key Findings
More than 146.6 Million Consumers have ever been the victim of a Cybercrime.
27.7 Million Consumers were the victim of Identity Theft in the past 12 Months.
Around 52% of the adults in India do not know how to protect themselves from cybercrime.
59% of Indians, that is, more than one in two adults in the country have experienced cyber crime in the last twelve months.
The report says that seven in ten Indian adults believe that remote work atmosphere created by COVID-19 has made it easier for the hackers and cybercriminals.
90% of the consumers using online transactions are taking proactive steps to safeguard their data.
42% believe that it is impossible to protect their privacy.
66% are worried that they are more vulnerable to cybercrimes due to COVID-19 and how it is making the world to become more reliable on digital platforms.
