Cybersecurity expert made recommendations, how to avoid becoming a victim of scammers.
After the leak of personal data of Ukrainians and a scandal with the sale by cybercriminals of this information on the network using the Telegram bot, the issue of cybersecurity again arose for citizens.
In the administration of the mobile application “Say” already assured, that they are not involved in such hacking and leaking of information about users of their service, and Deputy Prime Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov said, that the SBU has already begun investigative actions on this incident.
At the same time, cybersecurity experts warn, that it’s time to take such leaks for granted.
According to the head of the organization “Electronic democracy” Vladimir Flents on the air of the channel “Ukraine 24”, fraud detection – This is good, but here is the publication of personal data of Ukrainians: passport numbers, registration at place of residence, information from state registers, social network passwords, driver's license information has already occurred and information – in the Internet.
The specialist gave a number of tips to citizens, how to protect yourself from cybercriminals and minimize risks in the future. And most importantly – How can victims now protect themselves from what happened? “plum”.
“If one Telegram channel is closed – This does not mean, that tomorrow they won’t open another one. And if someone contacts you or your friends and quotes these documents, you can no longer be sure, that they are calling you from a bank or from law enforcement agencies, etc.. That is, the opportunity for scammers to call an elderly woman, scare her with bank details or topics, that the grandson was arrested and the like – this opportunity has increased dramatically”, – Flentz said.
The expert strongly recommends periodically changing passwords for security purposes and urges you not to limit yourself to one for email., social network and bank account.
“You need to change them and determine the degree of complexity, based on risk: It is advisable to change bank accounts once a year and make them complex with capital and small letters, numbers”, – he noted.
It is also important to check from time to time, How are things going with registering property in registers?.
“Is there any production for you?, like a malicious defaulter on some kind of loan, which you didn't take”, – the expert emphasized.
