A few days ago, our corporate parent sent an email to all employees, warning of the growing threat of cyberattacks focused on disrupting critical infrastructure and financial systems in Ukraine and beyond.
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We were instructed to take stronger steps to protect our social media accounts with something called two-factor authentication, which just means the platform will send you a text or email to your verified account in order to give you an extra code when you log on. That can be further protection against a scammer taking over your account or locking you out.
It was also suggested that we do the same for our personal email accounts. Our work accounts already have layered protections in place.
We were also warned against humanitarian aid fraud, fake Linkedin profiles and phishing, the term used for emails that appear to come from real accounts you have, but are a ploy to get you to share your log-in or other financial information.
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That led me to reach out to Eva Velasquez, the CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center. I have interviewed Velasquez quite a bit over the years and she and her San Diego-based nonprofit are very helpful for consumers who have been victims of Identity Theft or in counseling people on how to protect themselves. Their services are free…
