Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Postal Police and the University of Turin for the prevention of new technological threats such as digital identity theft.
Together against cybercrimes
Even in Turin the digital identity theft it is an increasingly widespread crime, as a consequence of the greater presence of IT services in daily life and the widespread use of technologies. For this reason, users are inevitably exposed to risk of theft of your personal data.
The starting point, in most cases, is the theft of the citizen’s identity documents together with the access credentials to the platforms, also through the use of security techniques. phishing, social engineering e spoofing (falsification of identity).
To prevent such crimes, the Police post and theUniversity of Turin, thanks to the memorandum of understanding that binds them, starting from July they will broadcast some of the events through the public screens present in all the University of Turin locations. awareness video on the topic. Short and effective messages that will inform UniTo students, teachers and technical staff on how to prevent new digital pitfalls by using IT tools more safely in everyday life.
The prevention initiative also addresses other current issues such as the risk of running into scams related to fake online tradingwhich, behind the prospect of easy gains, leads the investor to a loss of the invested capital, or as the phishingincreasingly widespread.
