Security News > 2021 > January > Are you more likely to be murdered IRL or hacked online? The existential question of our times has been answered
It turns out people are more concerned about being hacked compared to acts of physical violence a la being murdered or mugged, according to a recent Atlas VPN post.
Overall, nearly three-quarters of respondents said they worry frequently or occasionally about having their "Personal, credit card, or financial information stolen by computer hackers," while 12% of respondents said they never worry about this scenario.
Respondents appear to be more concerned about the risks associated with their online security compared to those involving their physical residences.
Respondents reported that they worried more about online cybersecurity threats than potentially acts of physical violence.
About half of respondents said they never worry about being murdered and 31% said they rarely worry about this scenario.
Three-quarter of respondents said they never or rarely worry about being mugged and a similar number said they rarely or never worry about "Being attacked while driving" their car.