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Scam Losses Soar: More Than Half of Consumers Targeted Every Month

Scams are no longer isolated incidents affecting only a small group of consumers. They’ve become part of everyday digital life for millions of Americans — and the financial consequences are growing rapidly. According to F-Secure’s third annual Scam Intelligence & Impacts Report, 56% of Americans now encounter scam attempts at least once a month, with […]

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Report Finds Online Scam Costs

Report Finds Online Scam Costs Exceed $119 Billion, Far Above Official Figures

A new report from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) estimates Americans lose a staggering $119 billion annually to online scams—more than seven times higher than official figures. While the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported $16.6 billion in losses in 2024 (up 33% year over year), the CFA’s analysis accounts for underreporting and

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Major Amazon AWS outage disrupts numerous popular apps and web services

At least a thousand companies were affected by Monday’s Amazon AWS outage, the largest internet disruption since last year’s CrowdStrike incident, which caused more than 8.5 million systems to crash at several organizations, including many Fortune 1000 companies. The AWS outage affected many popular online services ranging from Alexa, Snapchat and Venmo to gaming platforms

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