10 Interesting Fact About Cybersecurity and online privacy

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• A study shows that around 95 percent of cyber attacks start from human errors, such as opening emails or clicking unsafe links.
• Cybersecurity can affect a person's mental health, because cyber attacks can cause stress, anxiety, and depression.
• Ransomware, the type of attack in which user data is encrypted by the attacker and payment is needed to regain access, has increased by 350 percent in 2018.
• Malware can cause losses of up to billions of dollars each year, with an average cost of ransomware attacks of around $ 5 million.
• In 2018, around 2.5 billion personal data from large companies such as Facebook, Google, and Marriott were taken by attackers through cyber attacks.
• VPN (Virtual Private Network) can help protect user privacy by hiding IP addresses and data encryption.
• Weak and predictable passwords such as 123456 are still often used by users, making their accounts vulnerable to cyber attacks.
• Phishing, a fraud technique where the attacker tries to get sensitive information such as username and password by disguising as a trusted entity, is still the most common attack method.
• Hacking can be done through devices that are connected to the internet, including cars, household appliances, and medical devices.
• Hacking personal data can have an impact on real life, such as identity theft, credit card theft, and misuse of financial information.