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Current Filter: Security>>>>>> Be warned - Not being in cyber space is no protection Editorial Type: News Date: 03-2014 Views: 2230  Key Topics: Security Cybercrime Fraud Hacking Key Companies: KPMG Key Products: Key Industries: Government Retail |  | ||
 | The Office of National Statistics has released figures suggesting that some 6.7 million adults in the UK have never used the internet Reacting to the ONS figures, KPMG's Stephen Bonner has warned that inactivity online does not guarantee protection from cyber crime and internet-based fraud. His comments follow the release of ONS data and Bonner says: "Perhaps the small, but significant, proportion of the UK's population yet to engage in cyberspace believes that, by refusing to adopt an online persona, they don't need to worry about cyber security. The truth is that, despite not using the internet directly, their retailers, financial service providers, transport and government all now rely on connected services and information about them that could be hacked. "A figure just short of 7 million is ripe pickings for cybercrime, and these individuals need to be informed consumers and citizens, asking the right questions about how their information is being used by others - even if they are yet to join the digital revolution." | ||
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