Project Details


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CyberVictim.help


Description

All human activity has gone online since the coronavirus lockdown began. This has resulted in an exponential rise in fraudulent online activity. TaC International has developed a real-time free assistance for victims of cybercrime. The assistance is offered worldwide by trained Youth IGF (www.youthigf.com) Senior Ambassadors located on different continents around the world and able to assist in different languages (Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Russian) and time zones. Online platform is used to deliver the real-time assistance for victims of cybercrime. An app is foreseen to be developed as well.

Project website

http://www.cybervictim.help


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs 2021
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

Coverage
  • International

Status

Ongoing

Start date

April 2020

End date

Not set


Replicability

This real-time assistance platform can be also implemented at national level.


Sustainability

The project has been already tested during the lockdown in Europe and became already sustainable. The sustainability is also based on the fact that the assistance is made by the trained Senior Youth IGF Ambassadors based in different countries.


WSIS values promotion

Building confidence and security in use of ICTs, Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies


Entity name

Together against Cybercrime International (TaC)

Entity country—type

Switzerland Civil Society

Entity website

http://www.againstcybercrime.org

Partners

CERTs