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Tips for Cybercrime Victims


Cybercrime has become one of those usual and everyday things that is quite common these days. It has been reported that in the last few years, cybercrime has gone from bad to worse as there are threats coming in from everywhere and nobody is fully protected from it. Even though newer security aspects come into being, the rise of these cybercrimes are increasing at an exponential rate. The truth is that it often becomes really impossible to stay safe from these threats, this is especially true for someone who has limited information on the computer and the threats that are at hand. Moreover, the thinking with hacking or other kinds of identity theft crimes is that once these people get hold of even one of your accounts, this will be a direct way for them to get into the rest of your personal life. If you feel that your information has been compromised and any one of your accounts has been hacked, then it is extremely important that you take some much needed precautions so that there is no chance the crime or hack will spread to the rest of your computer(s) and get further into your life. Given below are a few tips that you can use to ensure that you are not further victimized.

  • The very first thing that you need to do is to pinpoint and analyse the exact areas where your information has been compromised. Many a times, people are naive about computers and so they do not know that the threat that was initially in a very small area and has now spread exponentially. So, analyze your computer and accounts and judge where the problem has started from.
  •  If your account has been affected, then the most important thing that you need to do is to close that account. This is crucial because this will avoid any further chances of it spreading to the friends or family that you have listed in your contacts.
  •  If you have detected the hack and fear that the hacker may gain access into your computer, then the best way to stop this would be to disconnect the system’s network so that the desktop computer or laptop doesn’t get attacked externally.
  •  Once you have disconnected successfully, make sure you buy or download a reliable and efficient antivirus program and scan your entire computer to spot anything else.
  •  Also, a pre-step that you will have to remember is to make sure that all your important data has been backedup. This will help you because if your account has been hacked, then you can quickly delete the information you had there and instead rely on the backup that you made up earlier.

As an ending note, I would just say that you need to be extra careful when you are doing anything online. Don’t just shop at online stores because of their convenience, but be sure that they are reliable and won’t use your sensitive information later to manipulate you.

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