![]() ![]() Suddenly, using an unusual family name as part of a password is public knowledge. You didn’t have to create your family tree your grandchild may have done it as a school project. ![]() Guess what? Most of those answers are on your very public Facebook or LinkedIn profile! Need a relative’s name? Check a genealogy site. Remember setting the “secret questions”? Common ones are the name of a pet, make of car, where you went to school or met your spouse. They appear innocent, but the information collected is often the same information a financial institution asks when you login from a new computer or location. It can happen by answering innocent -looking Facebook questionnaires about your first car, places you have visited, family history and health. There are nefarious people and criminal organizations that exist only to find out your passwords, in hope of gaining personal information for the creation of false identities, ID theft, gaining access to your financial accounts. Often, I hear “How does this happen?” It often happens not because of anything you did, except not change passwords on a regular basis. Frequent Windows crashes (unusual with Windows 10 and 11) or unusually slow performance. Mass e-mails being sent from your e-mail account. Other hacks may show up as frequent pop-up windows that encourage you to visit unusual sites, download anti-virus or other software. So, what are the results of being hacked? On Facebook, changes to personal information in the profile friends notify you about suspicious or unusual posts, odd requests for monetary help, a friend request from someone already a friend Messenger messages that are out of character – usually with requests to view a link. Let’s look at what it means, how it happens, and how to avoid it happening.
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