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Gabriella Batalha didn't think much when she noticed she had been logged out of Instagram - until the next day when she found her account overrun with

The region is increasingly online. In 2022, 77.9% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean used the internet, up from 74.8% the year before and above the global rate of 66.3%, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Latin Americas recent progress on technological inclusion has created new opportunities for scams, experts say, with the pandemic fueling a trend toward mobile banking and shopping.

By Carolina Pulice MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Gabriella Batalha didn't think much when she noticed she had been logged out of Instagram - until the next ...

Batalha is not alone. Online scams in Brazil jumped 65% last year to over 200,000, according to data from the Brazilian Public Security Yearbook published last month. And across Latin America, online frauds and cyberattacks are at an "all-time high," says cybersecurity company Tenable, posing an urgent problem for a well-connected region.

Gabriella Batalha didnt think much when she noticed she had been logged out of Instagram - until the next day when she found her account overrun with sensational posts touting high-yield... -August 15, 2023 at 02:03 pm EDT - MarketScreener

Batalha is not alone. Online scams in Brazil jumped 65% last year to over 200,000, according to data from the Brazilian Public Security Yearbook published last month. And across Latin America, online frauds and cyberattacks are at an "all-time high," says cybersecurity company Tenable, posing an urgent problem for a well-connected region.

Brazilians voted out far-right President Jair Bolsonaro after a single term and replaced him with the former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Brazil election: Do voting machines lead to fraud?

President Bolsonaro says the voting machines used in Brazil are prone to fraud, without providing evidence.