AI artificial intelligence
BEC business email compromise
CEO chief executive officer
CEOP Child Exploitation and Online Protection
CFO chief financial officer
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CMA Computer Misuse Act of 1990
CPNI Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure
DDoS distributed denial of service
DoS denial of service
DWP Department for Work and Pensions
EMEA Europe, Middle East and Africa
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FCA Financial Conduct Authority
FTC Federal Trade Commission
GDPR General Data Protection Regulation
GPS Global Positioning System
IC3 Internet Crime Complaint Center
IoT Internet of Things
ISP internet service provider
MFA multi-factor authentication
NCSC National Cyber Security Centre
NSA National Security Agency
OCCRP Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
PII personally identifiable information
RaaS ransomware as a service
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
SEO search engine optimisation
TDT Truth-Default Theory
VPN virtual private network
WHO World Health Organization