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A hacker shares their secrets to help you stay safe

With more of us having to do our banking and other financial transactions online we need to make sure we're doing all we can to prevent our personal information from being stolen. We spoke to a professional "ethical" hacker, who hacks into clients’ websites, networks, and phone applications for a living. He gave us his top tips to make sure you don't fall victim to theft. Click or scroll through to find out the mistakes you might be making and how to best protect yourself and

lovemoney staff

08 October 2024

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  • 08 October 2024

    I get annoyed when I hear of businesses being hacked and passwords stolen. I wrote a database system for an important project. It had a password front page. Passwords were encrypted using a system that produced a result that could not be decrypted! This encrypted password was stored within the system. If a password was entered, its encrypted result was compared with the file in the system. If the system was hacked, all they got was a file of encrypted data! Why don’t today’s techies use this procedure. The internet would be a lot safer!

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  • 08 October 2024

    I try not to keep password information on a computer. Eventually it will be hacked. I write them in a small book. I keep this book hidden “In plain sight”..

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