Security News > 2021 > September > Women, Minorities Are Hacked More Than Others
The survey results released Monday suggest that minority groups and those with lower incomes and lower education levels are more likely to fall victim to a cyberattack, and some groups are far more likely to encounter online threats.
More women receive text messages from unknown numbers that include potentially malicious links than men.
More Black people, indigenous people and people of color have their social-media accounts attacked more often than white people do; and BIPOC populations also face identity theft more often.
The same pattern holds true for education level: Users who have the highest level of education feel more secure than those who completed only university or college or online high school or secondary school, the survey found.
"The unfortunate finding from this data points to one possible answer: The more money you make, the more comfortable you are online, even if you lose more of that money to an attack," according to the report.
"As technology and internet accessibility become more entwined in our day-to-day routines, our financial and emotional lives are more significantly impacted by cybercrime," Robert Burda, interim CEO at Cybercrime Support Network, said in a press statement.