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Have you ever stopped to consider just how important your email account is?
Like most people you probably use email to send messages to friends and family members and receive updates from the various services you’ve signed up for.
But did you know that your email account is one of the most import online accounts you’ll ever use?
In fact, after your online banking and other financial accounts, your email account is probably THE most important account you have. [Read more…]
Have you ever had your Facebook account taken over by a hacker?
Or have you ever forgotten your Facebook password and had to use Facebook’s “Account Recovery” tools to get back into your account?
If so, you probably know just how difficult it can be to regain control of your own Facebook account once it has been hacked or you have forgotten your login info.
Facebook accounts are preferred targets of hackers and scammers these days, and it’s easy to see why.
With roughly 3 billion users worldwide, the Facebook community at large offers hackers an enormous opportunity for scamming their way to ill-gotten gains and/or the twisted satisfaction that some receive from wreaking havoc on a massive scale.
It isn’t Facebook’s fault, really. After all, they provide all the technical tools we need in order to keep our accounts safe from hacking attacks. [Read more…]
One of my Facebook friends recently asked me what a person should do if their Facebook account gets hacked.
I answered her in a Facebook post but then thought it might be a good idea to post it on the blog as well.
The first thing you need to do is determine whether your account has indeed been hacked, or merely cloned. [Read more…]
As you probably know, several major online services and websites have been hacked within the last year or so, putting millions of users’ login information and financial info at risk.
If you’ve been wondering if your info has been stolen via one of those breaches, it’s very easy to find out – and it only takes a few seconds. [Read more…]