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.
В администрации мобильного приложения “Дия” уже заверили, 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.
По словам главы организации “Электронная демократия” Владимира Фленца в эфире канала “Украина 24”, обнаружение мошенников – это хорошо, but here is the publication of personal data of Ukrainians: passport numbers, registration at place of residence, information from state registers, social network passwords, информация о водительских удостоверениях уже произошла и информация – в интернете.
The specialist gave a number of tips to citizens, how to protect yourself from cybercriminals and minimize risks in the future. А главное – как уже сейчас пострадавшие смогут защитить себя от произошедшего “слива”.
“Если закроют один Telegram-канал – это не значит, 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, что внука арестовали и тому подобное – эта возможность резко увеличилось”, – сказал Фленц.
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.
“Менять их и определять степень сложности нужно, based on risk: It is advisable to change bank accounts once a year and make them complex with capital and small letters, цифрами”, – отметил он.
It is also important to check from time to time, How are things going with registering property in registers?.
“Нет ли по вам производства, like a malicious defaulter on some kind of loan, который вы не брали”, – подчеркнул эксперт.