The reason is that modern scams ranging from online extortion (or the more salaciously named sextortion) scams, to fake job or brand ambassador scams that promise quick riches to “too good to be true” online retail scams don’t prey on the same online hygiene that older scams like phishing and password theft relied on. The users are convinced to be willing participants, at least until the attacker makes off with their money (or sadly something worse in the case of sextortion). If you take one lesson from the Consumer Reports study, it’s this: everyone is a target, and most of the defenses you’ve been told to deploy won’t help.
Author: Mark Kraynak, Contributor, Mark Kraynak, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/markkraynak/
Published at: 2025-10-21 22:18:00
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