The World Cup provides a window of opportunity and a vehicle for online fraud such as phishing. Fraudsters may be interested in identity theft, stealing credentials, stealing financial information, or locking your system and holding it for ransom. The risks to the criminals are low because the likelihood of being apprehended and the severity of the punishment for phishing is low. The results of phishing can impact individuals and organizations including depleted bank accounts, credit debt, sensitive data theft, stress, and the list goes on.”]

