Abstract

ECHEVERRIA, Melissa; GARAYCOA, Melissa  and  TUSEV, Aleksandar. ARE ECUADORIAN MILLENNIALS PREPARED AGAINST A CYBERATTACK?. Revista Chakiñan [online]. 2020, n.10, pp.73-86. ISSN 2550-6722.  https://doi.org/10.37135/chk.002.10.05.

A cyberattack is an attempt to get unauthorized access, expose, alter, disable, steal or make unauthorized use of information. Over the years, cyberattacks are becoming more frequent, considering that Ecuadorian authorities claimed they had received over 40 million cyberattacks such as denial-of-service (DOS) during a week, in April 2019. The objective of this research work is to assess to what extent Ecuadorians are prepared for a cyberattack focused on Millennials, who attend private universities and maintain a high socioeconomic status, due to they are more likely to be targeted by hackers. This study shows the level of importance that Millennial university students give to their private information. A quantitative study was applied to measure the objective mentioned before and was aimed at 103 university students in Samborondón, Ecuador. The obtained results showed that although the sample population takes some security measures to protect their information, there exist vulnerable aspects that can be used by hackers to obtain unauthorized access.

Keywords : Cyberattack; cyber security; information security; millennials.

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