The report asked a range of people across Europe a series of questions around scams and phishing.\u00a0 Specifically, whether they had been a victim of them and whether they could spot a fake site or email by comparing to a real version.<\/p>\n
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Surprisingly around 3 in 10 children said they\u2019d been a victim of a phishing scam, with over a third saying they knew they had been targeted once or more a month.\u00a0 What\u2019s perhaps more surprising<\/span> worrying, is that more than 2 in 5 children who count themselves as \u201cknowledgeable\u201d about online security had been a victim of phishing.<\/p>\n Teaching moments?<\/strong><\/p>\n But whilst it\u2019s easy to point the finger, it\u2019s more difficult to both understand and to teach. Older generations, who are often seen as more susceptible to online scams, also aren\u2019t teaching younger generations about how real world dangers playout online it seems, with only two in five adults saying they help their kids to identify phishing scams. \u00a0Perhaps this is because in fact, some adults (28%) (by their own admission) know little about online safety and digital security. A case of the blind leading the blind, it seems. Or perhaps a case for combined efforts \u2013 tech know how from the youth with real world danger awareness from older generations can create the perfect security combo.<\/p>\n