Let’s cut right to the chase, shall we?
How would you feel if someone steals your identity? How would you feel if one day you wake up, go to the door because the bell is ringing and there is a lawyer standing and an empty truck ready to seize your belongings?
What have you done?
Let’s rewind a little bit. Last week, you wanted to make a little surprise to your wife. You are hanging out in the stores, spent a couple of boring hours looking at clothes, perfumes, jewels but nothing strike your attention. Back home, you were listening to some music on deezer.com and while listening to your favourite artist you see that he is actually doing a concert in a week or so. You go right away on the proper website to buy some tickets, fill the application and pay with your credit card, supposedly protected by your bank. But instead of receiving the golden tickets of your dream, there he is, in his bright suit leading a bunch of movers just waiting for a sign to get your stuff out.
So what happened? What did you do?
Cyber-criminality happened. Some smart guy just created a fake webpage superimposed on the real one. So the second you finished up the application, the hacker saved the page with all your information on it and got at the same time all the numbers he needed to use your credit card. And maybe if you put the same password that you use for your other internet accounts, he may have snooped into your life.
From that moment, he had very little time to use that information against you, without you noticing it. He became you, used your money and your savings.
What can you do to be protected?
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