The French suffer more from cybercrime than any other Europeans, computer security company Symantec has found. And French companies need to take urgent action to protect themselves from fraud and espionage on the internet, the head of the national cybersecurity agency warns, reports RFI.
The security company Symantec reported 41 per cent of French smartphone users have been victims of criminal acts in the past year compared to 29 per cent in Europe and 38 per cent worldwide.
The company also observed a 52 per cent increase last year in the number of false text messages, apps and advertising luring users to divulge personal information.
Half of French mobile phone users do not know how to use an antivirus or protect their password, Symantec’s chief security strategist Laurent Heslault, speaking from a cybersecurity conference in Monaco this week, told RFI.
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