The article goes on to list suggested actions in useful detail. Here's a shorter version of the list with minor changes to wording:
1. Change your passwords and enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
2. Use a password manager to generate and store unique, complex passwords for each account.
3. If you use Passkeys, it's time to switch them.
4. Watch your accounts for suspicious activity.
Our life was fine before this computer stuff.
It sounds like a pre-text to force these things on the people.
password123 is not strong enough password, believe you me.
I’m safe. My password is “I-am-Not-Mark”.
Thank goodness for 2-factor authentication. All my financial accounts have it.
Big-knockers-69 with an exclamation at the end is impenetrable.
I am thinking of doing all banking and financial transactions on an old laptop I that I will convert to Linux Mint. As it is I never use my phone for that. Only my home computer Windows 11.
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16 billion is 2 accounts compromised for every man, woman and child on the planet. This is getting insane.
Its simple really.
DO NOT LINK banking information with any social platform
like Facebook Pay.
Ever.
All banking should be by double authentication.Including Pay Pal.
Delete your credit card information from on line order sites like Amazon and eBay.
This is war level data collection.
Most of my passwords are 16 characters. It takes me a week to log into the streaming “apps” a new TV using the remote since I don’t talk to me my smart TVs and won’t scan anything.
A password manager might be ok but then that’ll get hacked.
I’m no tech expert, but I sense the “2-factor authentication” fad using your unique phone number is just a handy way to help big tech to aggregate your data more easily. Just a thought.
And, they want us to trust Crypto currency to be safe???
Everything today is a SCAM and we’re all vulnerable 24/7.