Half of Cypriots proclaim themselves cybercrime-proof

Just over half of Cypriots stated they are well informed to protect themselves from cybercrime, a Eurobarometer released by European Commission on Wednesday showed.

According to the results of the Europe-wide survey, 51 per cent of Cypriot participants claimed they are well informed regarding cybercrime protection, impressively close to the European average of 52 per cent, up from 46 per cent in 2017.

Europeans are however growing less confident about their capacity to stay safe online, the survey results showed, as just 59 per cent of Internet users think they can protect themselves sufficiently against cybercrime, down from 71 per cent in 2017.

Main concerns of Internet users are the misuse of their personal data, fraud, being locked out of their computer and forced to pay ransom to access their own data, as well as about identity theft.

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