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Leakage of personal information is the key first step for fraudulent groups to grasp people's contact information and launch fraud attacks, especially large-scale leaks where corporate or government databases are hacked.

In addition, in daily life, the general public is most often exposed to risks and threats of personal data leakage caused by fraud, and there are three major scenarios: entering phishing websites by mistake, filling out unfamiliar questionnaires, and participating in psychological tests. It is a breach for fraudulent groups to grasp the leakage of personal information.

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1. The leakage rate of mobile phone numbers in Taiwan is as high as 65%

In response to the situation and current situation of personal information leakage in the Asian market, according to Whoscall, the unknown call identification software, its parent company Gogolook (wait and see) teamed up with the international digital risk protection service provider Constella Intelligence to conduct an investigation. Leaked Articles pointed out that major countries in Asia include: Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Malaysia.

Taking the leakage rate of mobile phone number fraud and malicious selling as an example, Malaysia accounts for 73% of the leakage rate, followed by Taiwan with 65% and Japan with a leakage rate of 56%.

According to statistics from Taiwan’s Department of Household Affairs, the population between the ages of 20 and 65 is estimated to be about 16 million, and the mobile phone number information of about 10.4 million people in Taiwan has been leaked and maliciously sold, which further highlights the high importance of communication fraud prevention.

Personal information leakage disasters in various countries are serious!

The top three in Taiwan are "login password", "telephone number", and "name".

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2. The top three personal information leakage items: login password, phone number, and name

Due to the definition of personal data protection law, from the name and date of birth of a natural person, to fingerprints, sexual life, medical records, criminal records and other information that can directly or indirectly identify the individual are all protected by law.

For which types of projects, the leakage of personal information is the most serious?

The survey report also ranks according to the frequency of leakage of different personal data items.

According to the survey, the top three items with the highest rate of personal information leakage due to fraud are: login password, phone number and name, and the top three rankings are the same in Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia.

The top three leaked personal information in Japan and South Korea are: name, login password, and phone number.

Personal information leakage disasters in various countries are serious!

The top three in Taiwan are "login password", "telephone number", and "name".

(Photo courtesy of Gogolook)

The continuous innovation of fraudulent methods and channels has also intensified the threat of personal information and caused the leakage of many personal information projects. The public should be more careful and preventive.

For example, the leakage of the login password may lead to the theft of the online banking account and the loss of control of the community account, etc. When the fraudulent group has the name and phone number of the public, and even the payment and shopping records, they can easily carry out fraudulent calls and text messages offensive.

If the name and address personal information is leaked, you must be especially careful that "package cash on delivery fraud" may come to your door.

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