Avast Blog – 3.15.19 (3.24.19)
Thieves no longer stop at credit card numbers and financial swindling. Sure, they want your money, but today’s career criminals want more. They want your data.
Personal info comprises today’s riches: what you like, where you go, who you love, what you believe — anything that details who you are is valuable data. In earlier days, this data would immediately be put to use to commit identity theft. But today, it is equally advantageous to the criminal to sell the data. Shady organizations and services use this type of info to target ads, launch social engineering campaigns, or effect other manipulative operations.
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