Hackers have scooped the data of more than 515,000 people from the Red Cross, according to a press release by the organization mid-January. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, the information obtained includes confidential and personal identifying information of "highly vulnerable people, including those separated from their families due to conflict, migration and disaster, missing persons and their families, and people in detention.

The amount of total losses through fraud originating on social media is now 19 times higher than it was just five years ago in 2017, according to a Consumer Protection Data Spotlight published by the Federal Trade Commission on Jan 25.

According to the report, "More than 95,000 people reported about $770 million in losses to fraud" from threat actors using social engineering through social media in 2021.

The FTC explains that social media is a low-cost strategy.

The Baker-Polito administration filed their FY 2023 Budget proposal at the end of last month, which includes $164.1 million to be used by the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security for a multitude of cybersecurity and infrastructure updates.