Email phishing attacks are especially popular over the festive season, partly because there’s an increase in email marketing and special offers linked to the holidays.
Online fraud spikes during the holiday shopping season, as people searching for the perfect gifts take to cyberspace and head to traditional stores armed with their smartphones.
It would have soon become apparent that someone had completed the kind of database query they are now reporting. In theory, this is a large and unusual database request for the personal details of a large number of users.