Black Friday sales could be targeted as "prime pic
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Posted On: 11/23/2018 8:28:38 AM
Black Friday sales could be targeted as "prime pickings" for cyber-crime, the UK's cyber-security defence agency has warned shoppers.
The National Cyber Security Centre, part of the GCHQ intelligence service, is issuing advice to shoppers of the risk of "malicious" online threats.
It is the first such official cyber-warning in the run-up to the Christmas shopping season.
"It's vital that knowledge is shared," says Ian Levy of the cyber-agency.
The cyber-wing of the GCHQ communications centre says it wants to start a "national cyber-chat" on Black Friday when billions are spent on online shopping.
Speaking in public
It might be known for working in secret, but the agency wants to engage with the public over the seriousness of the threat.
It has been involved in trying to tackle more than 550 significant cyber-incidents in the past 12 months, and has taken down almost 140,000 "phishing" websites used by fraudsters.
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is giving tips for individual consumers to avoid cyber-crime - and for the first time it will be publishing answers to questions from the public on Twitter.
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Image captionThere are warnings for better cyber-security when
The National Cyber Security Centre, part of the GCHQ intelligence service, is issuing advice to shoppers of the risk of "malicious" online threats.
It is the first such official cyber-warning in the run-up to the Christmas shopping season.
"It's vital that knowledge is shared," says Ian Levy of the cyber-agency.
The cyber-wing of the GCHQ communications centre says it wants to start a "national cyber-chat" on Black Friday when billions are spent on online shopping.
Speaking in public
It might be known for working in secret, but the agency wants to engage with the public over the seriousness of the threat.
It has been involved in trying to tackle more than 550 significant cyber-incidents in the past 12 months, and has taken down almost 140,000 "phishing" websites used by fraudsters.
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is giving tips for individual consumers to avoid cyber-crime - and for the first time it will be publishing answers to questions from the public on Twitter.
Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES
Image captionThere are warnings for better cyber-security when
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