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October 17th 2018 Get Safe Online hosts European #CyberScams campaign in UK To view the Europol / European Banking Federation short videos and advice, click here Today sees the launch of a new #CyberScams awareness campaign from Europol’s...
15 October 2018
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October 14th 2018 DCMS (the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport) has today launched the government’s consumer guidance around smart devices in the home. For Get Safe Online's information and advice on smart devices in the home,...
14 October 2018
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October 12th 2018 Cifas, the UK’s leading fraud prevention service, has released startling new figures showing a marked increase in the number young people falling victim to identity fraud. New figures published by Cifas show an...
12 October 2018
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September 29th 2018 Facebook has revealed a breach that gave hackers the ability to take over users’ accounts. Some 50 million users have been affected, making it the largest breach in the social network’s history. The problem was discovered...
29 September 2018
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September 25th 2018 Action Fraud has launched a campaign to warn people about the threat of computer software service fraud, one of the country’s most reported top five frauds. For more information and Get Safe Online's video on fake computer...
25 September 2018
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September 17th 2018 New figures from the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) have revealed that 17-24 year olds are most likely* to fall victim to fraudsters selling fake care insurance, also known as ‘ghost...
17 September 2018
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September 12th 2018 TV Licensing – the organisation which informs UK viewers of the need to buy a TV licence, holds the database of licensed and unlicensed address and controls licence enforcement – has warned some customers that their data...
12 September 2018
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September 7th 2018 British Airways Chief Executive, Álex Cruz, has apologised for the breach in which it is thought that approximately 380,000 payment cards have been compromised after a data theft from its website and app. The protracted...
7 September 2018
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