Hackers Stole My Website
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Hackers Stole My Website
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#2>I’ve heard of identity theft, and of cyber hacking, but honestly, my attitude... was “it could never happen to me.”
>I didn’t exactly understand why it was such a huge deal.
>Couldn’t you just explain to people what had happened, prove who you were, and sort it all out?
>it seemed completely impossible to me that someone could actually get away with pretending to be someone else with any real consequences beyond a few phone calls and some irritation.
I have nothing to hide...
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
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#4>3. Turn off your computer and personal devices when they’re not in use.
This article reads like an AOL scare from 1995 directed at my grandma.
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#5> If possible, use a separate computer (an old one or a cheap one purchased for this purpose) for things like banking; if your family computer is the same one that you use for bank transactions you risk having your kids click on a bad link that results in a hacking.
So true! A $100 unrooted Android tablet is almost infinitely more secure than the windows/mac, even with the best antivirus. Or if you like physical keyboard (I do), get a $300 Chromebook and do all your banking there. Just don't login with your primary google account, or someone may install evil chrome extension on it.
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#6> 1. Have a really, really good password, and change it often.
Even better, use a password manager.
> 2. If possible, use a separate computer (an old one or a cheap one purchased for this purpose) for things like banking; if your family computer is the same one that you use for bank transactions you risk having your kids click on a bad link that results in a hacking.
Not necessary, use an up to date computer with Windows defender turned on and create a non-admin account for your kids.
> 4. Have antivirus software on your computer
Only use Windows defender, which is what the security community recommends.
Also use 2FA on all services which offer it.
Regarding the domain registrars, I would recommend Namecheap. They have a great support team and also offer 2FA, but I think it's only SMS based 2FA.
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#7>3. Turn off your computer and personal devices when they’re not in use. This article reads like an AOL scare from 1995 directed at my grandma.
Agree. No mention of turning on 2FA as a security measure or using a password manager to help create those "total nonsense" passwords.
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#8> 1. Have a really, really good password, and change it often. Even better, use a password manager. > 2. If possible, use a separate computer (an old one or a cheap one purchased for this purpose) for things like banking; if your family computer is the same one that you use for bank transactions you risk having your kids click on a bad link that results in a hacking. Not necessary, use an up to date computer with Win…
I really wish domain registers offered a Google Authenticator option for 2FA. All of the ones I have seen that offer 2FA are SMS based.
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#9>3. Turn off your computer and personal devices when they’re not in use. This article reads like an AOL scare from 1995 directed at my grandma.
And yet many people who were born in 1995 are still using crappy passwords, downloading crappy files from crappy sites with no protection. This stuff may be obvious to us, but it seems we're in a minority.
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#10> 1. Have a really, really good password, and change it often. Even better, use a password manager. > 2. If possible, use a separate computer (an old one or a cheap one purchased for this purpose) for things like banking; if your family computer is the same one that you use for bank transactions you risk having your kids click on a bad link that results in a hacking. Not necessary, use an up to date computer with Win…
I really wish domain registers offered a Google Authenticator option for 2FA. All of the ones I have seen that offer 2FA are SMS based.
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