Don’t believe for a minute that hackers are only going for banks or large institutions. Have you looked at your spam email lately? If you are a windows user and open up the wrong email, you’re hacked.
Using strong passwords is just 1 method to help secure your info. There are many others: 2 factor authentication, email aliases, VPN, facial recognition, fingerprint access, use sites that encrypt your data being sent to the website, don’t use the same password for multiple sites, use LifeLock, use an anti-virus system, and don’t use MS windows. All the latest ransom hacks were done to windows users, the GOP congressman’s hack from the Chinese was against his windows machine. If you are using windows, you need to keep up with all the windows security updates that they send out.
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