According to the Survey on cybersecurity and digital channel usage habits conducted by CECA, around 28% of young people aged between 18 and 29 believe that their bank may contact them through unofficial channels to ask them for personal data.
Elderly people are not the only group susceptible to falling into the trap of handing over their bank details via mobile phones, as reflected in the Survey on cybersecurity and digital channel usage habits conducted by CECA.
According to the data collected, around 57% of young people aged between 18 and 29 admit to having limited cybersecurity knowledge, and 28% believe that their bank may ask them for personal information via unofficial channels such as e-mail, SMS or WhatsApp.
Despite the recommendations, only 33.2% of those under 30 years of age heed the advice of their bank, while more than 66% of those over the age of 65 do so.
To protect oneself from threats, CECA, in line with the agreement recently signed with INCIBE, recommends thinking twice and not replying to any suspicious communications, acting calmly, maximising caution and analysing the objective of the message, not trusting appearances, verifying the sender, subject, links and attachments and examining the wording of the text.
