74-83 percent of insiders give hackers a back door

Date: October 04, 2006
Source: money.cnn.com


The majority of adults who use of social networking sites like News Corp.'s (Charts) MySpace and FaceBook engage in dangerous behavior that exposes them to cybercrime, according to a survey released Wednesday.

About 74 percent of adults who use social networking sites have given out personal information like an e-mail address, birthday or social security number, according to a survey conducted by security software firm CA (Charts) and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA).

"Giving out a social security number, paired with a birthday and name could provide enough ammunition for criminals to hack into financial records and compromise users' personal information," Ron Texeria, executive director of NCSA, said in a statement.

Besides compromising their personal information, adults are also leaving their computers vulnerable to attacks. About 83 percent of the survey's respondents said they've downloaded files from other profiles.
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