Am I asking too much when I say, “change your passwords to something that will be too difficult for hackers to crack”.
If you think securing your email account or social network site account with strong passwords is something too much to ask, you need have a rethink. How would you feel as a manager when you receive a message from a bosom friend telling you they just kissed your wife? (it could be worse than this) I believe you would be talking divorce and ready to kill your friend. Or a message sent from an employees email account to everyone on his contact list saying, "you are all fools, i have been watching you, i hate you". For those who are students; what about a mail sent from your principal saying, “you are the worse kid ever admitted in school and that you are suspended” or vice versa. The list is endless.
That is the exact same thing that happened to the Russian opposition leader who’s twitter account was hacked (www.telegraph.co.uk). One of many messages that was sent to his quarter of a million followers read, “Alexi Navalny is a crook & a thief”.
Did I hear you say seriously? Oh yes! Nobody is too big to escape the wrath of hackers.
Security begins with you. Refrain from using passwords like 1234567Mike or 1234567tina, if you continue with this, you may soon be a victim. Start with a password change and a strong one at that. Example: @dad$$mum$$19 or *mgr@office*13.
These are simple but complicated passwords. A mixture of alphanumeric, numeric and alphabetic characters will do the trick.
Just start from this point and find other ways to secure your system afterwards.
I’ll see you soon, bye.
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