Dating apps can be used as a spy tool!
Entrepreneurs are talkative on dating apps and reveal internal company information after just a few days of communication. In addition, one in five people have had malware on their cell phone, which puts many companies at serious risk, as recent research by Kaspersky Lab reveals.
Secrets about the job
According to experts, around 15 percent of dating app respondents are already business owners or company executives.
It also became apparent that high-ranking managers like to chat about internal matters. 16 percent confirmed that they had published information about their workplace in their dating app, while only 13 percent of “normal” users made this statement. In addition, 16 percent of top managers talk about sensitive trade and company secrets. In general, 18 percent of online daters say they share relatively secret information after just a few days of communication. Among the managing directors surveyed, 31 percent do this. Industry experts suspect that dating apps definitely have the potential to become spying tools. Despite many security precautions, fake profiles are still comparatively easy to create.
Malware is not uncommon
One in five entrepreneurs surveyed has had malware on their smartphone - another risk to data security and company secrets. According to Kaspersky, online dating is already risky. Now there would also be the fact that both entrepreneurs and employees would put entire companies at risk.
“Many entrepreneurs use digital dating services. It is worrying that so many people are willing to share company information,” explains Vladimir Zapolyansky from Kasperky .
Cyber criminals get access to company data!
“It is even more worrying that they are making it easy for cyber criminals to obtain company data by not adequately securing their devices. Business devices should be secured. Online dating users need to be more careful about the amount of information they provide to others,” says Zapolyansky.
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