52% Indian adults don’t know how to protect themselves from cybercrime: survey

As per the research 7 in 10 Indian adults (70%) believe that remote work has made it much easier for hackers and cybercriminals to take advantage of people

52% adults admitted that they don’t know how to protect themselves from cybercrime, according to a survey by online security solutions provider NortonLifeLock. 59% of adults in India became victims of cybercrime in the past 12 months. The ‘2021 Norton Cyber Safety Insights Report’, based on the research conducted online by The Harris Poll among 10,030 adults in ten countries, including 1,000 adults in India, also found that cybercrime victims collectively spent 1.3 billion hours trying to resolve these issues. “In a year of lockdowns and restrictions, cybercriminals have not been deterred. More Indian adults fell victim to identity theft in the past 12 months and most are concerned about data privacy,” Ritesh Chopra, Director Sales and Field Marketing, India & SAARC Countries, NortonLifeLock, said.