CYBERSTRESS AFFECTS US ALL THIS TIME OF YEAR The holidays are notoriously busy and stressful. Between shopping (and the spending that goes along with it), parties, baking and traveling—the most festive time of the year can also be the most dizzying. But there is another (cyber)stress factor that increases during the holiday season—personal data theft due to online shopping. Whether you are a Baby Boomer, a Gen Xer or a Millennial, as online shopping continues to rise 1 , cybercriminals are out in force this holiday season. Websites experience 22 ATTACKS PER DAY on average... ...that's more than 8,000 ATTACKS per year, per website eCommerce websites are 1.5 TIMESMORE LIKELY to be compromised than the average website AVG SITE ECOMMERCE SITE RISK OF COMPROMISE NEARLY 20% of respondents do not plan to shop online this holiday season. When all respondents were asked about the main reason that they do not shop online, 31% indicated that it was due to concern that their personal information would not be safe or could be stolen. AFTER USER DATA HAS BEEN COMPROMISED: Will not return Will return to the site After their information is stolen from a website, 2/3 NO LONGER RETURN to the store where their data was compromised. REGARDLESS OF AGE: 52% of those who have ever shopped online say that a secure payment network makes them more confident, and... 17% say a recognized security logo inspires confidence. As online shopping and cybercrime increases around the holidays, so must your vigilance. Be sure to change your passwords regularly, never shop on public Wi-Fi, set up card-not-present alerts, and look for HTTPS in the URL and security logos on the sites you purchase from. Finally, always check your credit card statements for any unknown charges. For more information on website security, visit sitelock.com or follow @SiteLock. *Information contained in this infographic is based on proprietary SiteLock data and the SiteLock ORC International Survey, October 2016 1 http://www.census.gov/retail/mrts/www/data/pdf/ec_current.pdf Of those who have ever shopped online and worry about shopping online during the holiday season, NEARLY 40% OF MILLENNIALS INDICATED THAT THEY WERE MORE WORRIED AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, outweighing every other age group. Of those who have ever had their information stolen due to online shopping ONE THIRD ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18-34. Households with greater income generally see their records stolen more frequently. Other ages Ages 18-34 COMPROMISED RECORDS BY AGE: This Holiday Shopping Season

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Websites experience22 ATTACKS PER DAYon average...

...that's more than 8,000 ATTACKSper year, per website

eCommerce websites are 1.5 TIMES MORE LIKELY to be compromised than the average website

AVG SITE

ECOMMERCE SITE

RISK OF COMPROMISE

NEARLY 20%of respondents do not plan to shop online this holiday season.

When all respondents were asked about the main reason that they do not shop online, 31% indicatedthat it was due to concern that their personal information would not be safe or could be stolen.

AFTER USER DATA HASBEEN COMPROMISED:

Will not return

Will return to the site

After their information is stolen from a website,

2/3 NO LONGER RETURN to the store where their data was compromised.

REGARDLESS OF AGE:

52% of those who have

ever shopped online say that a secure payment network makes them more confident, and...

17% say a recognized security logo inspires confidence.

As online shopping and cybercrime increasesaround the holidays, so must your vigilance.

Be sure to change your passwords regularly, never shop on public Wi-Fi, set up card-not-present alerts, and look for HTTPS in the URL and security logos on the sites you purchase from. Finally, always check your credit card statements for any unknown charges.

For more information on website security, visit sitelock.com or follow @SiteLock. *Information contained in this infographicis based on proprietary SiteLock data and the SiteLock ORC International Survey, October 2016

1http://www.census.gov/retail/mrts/www/data/pdf/ec_current.pdf

Of those who haveever shopped online and worry about shopping online during the holiday season, NEARLY 40% OF MILLENNIALS INDICATED THAT THEY WERE MORE WORRIED AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, outweighing every other age group.

Of those who have ever had their information stolen due to online shopping ONE THIRD

ARE BETWEEN THEAGES OF 18-34.

Households with greaterincome generally see their records stolen

more frequently.

Other ages

Ages 18-34

COMPROMISED RECORDS BY AGE:

This Holiday Shopping Season