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The scariest online scams and hacks of 2018

Online attacks and phone fraudsters
Bank
Bank
Bank
Fake Microsoft Warning browser hijack
Fake Microsoft Warning browser hijack: how to avoid it
Social media quiz scams
Social media quiz hacks: how to avoid them
Instagram
Instagram
VPNFilter malware
VPNFilter malware
Dridex banking trojan scam
Dridex banking trojan scam: how to avoid it
MyFitnessPal data hack
MyFitnessPal data hack
British Airways customer data hack
British Airways customer data hack
Ticketmaster log in data hack
Ticketmaster log in data hack
Reddit data hack
Macy's credit card leak
Macy's credit card leak
Adidas US site hack
Adidas US site hack
Saks Fifth Avenue data breach
Saks Fifth Avenue data breach
Marriott Starwood database hack
Marriott Starwood database hack
Vision Direct website hack
Vision Direct website hack
Quora data breach
Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal
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Online attacks and phone fraudsters

Scams are rife, especially online: in 2017 hackers stole $172 billion (£130.7bn) from 978 million people across 20 different countries, according to Norton. In fact, these days you're far more likely to be robbed online than mugged in the street. We take a look at 2018's most notorious scams and online attacks. 

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Charlotte Irwin

10 December 2018

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