Cybercrime hits harder than ever ($10 trillion lost worldwide) and regular people are the prime targets
Today’s world is more connected than ever but that has made it even more dangerous behind the scenes and the numbers are frankly worrying. In just the past year, global cybercrime damages soared past $10.5 trillion, and the U.S. alone has seen victim losses in the billions – over $2.1 billion lost by Californians and more than $1 billion for Texans, according to FBI data. That’s not some abstract corporate scandal: regular people, normal families, and students are the ones losing real money, their accounts, and even parts of their identity.When Your Digital Life Becomes Target Number One
Most Americans probably wouldn’t guess that nearly half have had at least one online account breached since 2021, and that number just keeps growing as hacking tools get more advanced. But here’s the thing that’s rarely mentioned: the first victims in almost every case aren’t some Fortune 500 CEO—they’re just everyday people, with typical online habits. The classic image of a hacker in a dark room is a cliché, but the threat is very real and often silent: criminals are after credit card numbers, home addresses, emails, even Social Security numbers.
