There is no calendar for cybercrime. Just one continuous cycle to steal data, identities and funds. A review of 2019 reveals how many incidents affected financial institutions either directly or indirectly.

San Diego-based Identity Theft Resource Center said, “It is important to spend a little time reflecting on the 2019 identity crimes, some of the things that went right in 2019 and the things that did not go as well. This is true for so many subjects, especially identity crime – which includes scams, fraud, data breaches, cybercrime and all of the other types of crimes that go with it.”

The ITRC observed 2019 saw continued fallout from 2018, which included the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica privacy fiasco; and Congress still at work on what to do about consumer privacy in the social media age. Also: “The news that phishing attacks more than doubled last year over the year before had researchers, businesses, lawmakers and consumers alike paying closer attention to the messages they receive.”

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Roy Urrico

Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).

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