Last November 19, on behalf EITHOS EU Project, Veronica Moretti & Annalisa Plava (Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna) held an awareness workshop with tens of students.
It was the occasion to inform them about the online identity theft and other cyber threats trends, teach them about how to prevent such crimes and the technology we develop to fight them, and raise awareness about the impact of such threats (victimology perspective).
Different material was used, in the frame of EITHOS awareness campaigns, such as quizzes, comic strips, kit cards, guidelines, educational articles.
Try our quizzes at https://eithos.eu/quizzes/.
The EITHOS project had the pleasure of being selected to participate in Europe Day 2024 on 4 May and to run a stand in the Berlaymont building of the European Commission, at the “Strengthening our Democracy” Village.
This was an opportunity to prepare quizzes for children and adults on cybersecurity and the techniques used to steal people’s identities, and how to protect oneself or at least reduce the risk. The deepfake creation tool was a great success and showed how easily someone’s image could be altered.
Over and above the laughter and smiles of the visitors, it was a beneficial demonstration of the dangers that exist and the means provided by the project to improve the awareness and the protection of the public.
On December 5, 2023, at the Dutch Police premises in The Hague, EITHOS organised his first workshop restricted to Law Enforcer Agencies (LEAs), on Combating Online Identity Theft (OIDT) at EU level.
In presence of EUROPOL who participated actively, twelves of participants from all over Europe received EITHOS and INTERPOL presentations on their respective actions and tools and took part in discussions about detection, investigation and legal evidence of OIDT.
Not forgetting the presence of one of our External Advisory Board members, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
