New Partnership Battles Cybercrime Targeting Military and Veterans
13 Apr 2021 Did you know that military members, veterans, military spouses, survivors and their families are targeted disproportionately for online scams, or cybercrime? From 2016-20, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said the military and veteran community reported more than $420.5 million lost to online scams, a figure that was 44% higher than their civilian counterparts. The numbers of military members and veteran falling prey to fraud is most likely much higher than that, though. While the agency estimated that nearly 1 in 4 Americans is a victim of cybercrime, it said only 700,000 cyber...