Blog Post #9
I experienced one instance of phishing just this last August. Around August 7th, 2024 I got a notification on a phone web browser that a virus was threatening to release on my phone unless I entered my account information. So, I did and told my mom about the next day and I realized how bad I messed up and was tricked into giving up that information. I really thought that my computer was going to catch a virus, so I panicked and gave up my account information. My father and I went to BECU on August 9th and got it sorted out. The people who did it got caught online and I got my money back on August 20th. I have not faced other instances of cybercrimes. However, I once watched a real-life video of a thirteen-year-old girl make up rumors about her friend online. I believe the story was that the girl being bullied online didn't invite the girl who started the cyberbullying to her birthday party days earlier at school. So, she got angry and made up false rumors about her. After ot...