Interested in online safety, Reboot Online analyzed the latest data from the European Commission to discover which Europeans are the most unaware of how to report a cybercrime or any other illegal online behavior in their respective country. Unawareness refers to Europeans not knowing the existence of a website, email address, online form, and/or contact number in their respective country to report a cybercrime or any other illegal online behavior such as cyber harassment/bullying. Shai Aharony, the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Reboot Online told Finbold:
The list of europeans most unaware of how to report cybercrime
Reboot Online found that Spain and Denmark are in the joint first place as 86% of citizens in each respective country do not know how to report a cybercrime. In the second position is Romania, where 84% of Romanians admit to having no idea who or what they would contact to report a cybercrime. France is in third place, with 82% of French citizens stating they are unaware of the relevant avenues they could explore to report being a victim or witness to cybercrime. Interestingly, 80% of citizens living in Lithuania, Portugal, and Poland are unaware of how to report a cybercrime, respectively ranking joint fifth. In the thirteenth spot is the UK, where 68% of Brits confess to lacking the adequate know-how to alert relevant parties of a cybercrime. Additionally, 29% of Brits worryingly admit they do not feel well informed about cybercrime risks. On the other end, those in Malta seem to be the most prepared to handle the aftermath of a cybercrime, with only 46% of citizens not knowing how to report a cybercrime. Overall, on average, from all the assessed countries, 77% of Europeans are unaware of how to report cybercrime or illegal online behavior.
