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08:36 31st December 2010
As the IT industry develops and more people get online earlier in life, children should be taught the importance of being internet savvy, according to Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos.
Mr Culey advised parents to put the computer that their children use into a communal room in order to supervise what they are doing online.
"You have to be reasonably grown up to get a credit card, which in itself acts as a barrier against some fraud because you're relatively mature and you'll be able to decide whether something looks kosher or not," he said.
"But if you're a nine-year-old or 12-year-old using mum's and dad's credit card, you might be a little bit more laissez-faire as to what you order and what you purchase, and enter your parents' details onto dodgy websites, and websites which have been set up by hackers."
Children are spending £64 million online a year without their parents' knowledge, putting the adults at risk of card fraud, according to a study commissioned by life assistance company CPP.
Posted by Derek Oldman
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