{"id":3884,"date":"2024-05-16T13:37:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T13:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyberthreatintelligencenetwork.com\/?p=3884"},"modified":"2024-06-17T19:35:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T19:35:10","slug":"cybercrime-targeting-elderly-populations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberthreatintelligencenetwork.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/16\/cybercrime-targeting-elderly-populations\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Deception: How Cybercriminals Prey on the Elderly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2023 statistics on the increase in cybercrime targeting elderly populations was recently published by the FBI&#8217;s Internet Crime Complaint Center (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ic3.gov\/Home\/EF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">IC3<\/a>). The following video describes some of the data and highlights the empirical evidence from nine additional cybersecurity companies showing trends in the threat landscape.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/946987930?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Elderly Fraud Statistics\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:56px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The data from the IC3 report show a significant increase in both the number of victims and the financial impact as shown on the figure below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cyberthreatintelligencenetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ComplaintsVictims-1024x902.png\" alt=\"Chart showing magnitude of financial losses to elderly in the U.S.\" class=\"wp-image-3887 lazyload\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"902\" src=\"https:\/\/cyberthreatintelligencenetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ComplaintsVictims-1024x902.png\" alt=\"Chart showing magnitude of financial losses to elderly in the U.S.\" class=\"wp-image-3887 lazyload\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cyberthreatintelligencenetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ComplaintsVictims-1024x902.png 1024w, https:\/\/cyberthreatintelligencenetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ComplaintsVictims-300x264.png 300w, 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