Stopping Computer Hackers
By Colman Connolly and Sejo Cirikovic
The main reason that computer hackers try to hack into computers (e.g. PCs, Macs, phones, tablets) is to steal information. Hackers look for insecure accounts or websites that they can easily steal information from. Hackers are not always looking for adults accounts, they look for children's accounts too. 73% of teens and 68% of young adults put personal information online where anyone can see, including people (like hackers) that you wouldn't want to give out your name, address, or phone number too. But guess what? That's literally what you're doing. If you're completely surprised by this information, we'll help you to create an online account that will be almost impossible for hackers to hack i
O.K. First of all the thing you need to do is to look on any account. Ask your friends or anyone else you know from personal life how much information that you can see on your account. You might be surprised. If you find that there's way too much info about yourself or your family online, go ahead and try to delete it. Type in your name or address yourself on Google or another web-searching site, you might be surprised what comes up.
Next, try to delete all information that can come up. Hackers can randomly look up names, and find people that have lots of information on the internet, especially if the people that are hackers' targets are on social networking sites. If you get hacked, tell people who are connected with your account (i.e. friends on Facebook) to keep them safe from viruses and attacks. A good resource is to go onto map.ipviking.com, a hacking awareness site by Norse, that shows people where people are hacking into.
If we work together, we can stop hackers!
The main reason that computer hackers try to hack into computers (e.g. PCs, Macs, phones, tablets) is to steal information. Hackers look for insecure accounts or websites that they can easily steal information from. Hackers are not always looking for adults accounts, they look for children's accounts too. 73% of teens and 68% of young adults put personal information online where anyone can see, including people (like hackers) that you wouldn't want to give out your name, address, or phone number too. But guess what? That's literally what you're doing. If you're completely surprised by this information, we'll help you to create an online account that will be almost impossible for hackers to hack i
O.K. First of all the thing you need to do is to look on any account. Ask your friends or anyone else you know from personal life how much information that you can see on your account. You might be surprised. If you find that there's way too much info about yourself or your family online, go ahead and try to delete it. Type in your name or address yourself on Google or another web-searching site, you might be surprised what comes up.
Next, try to delete all information that can come up. Hackers can randomly look up names, and find people that have lots of information on the internet, especially if the people that are hackers' targets are on social networking sites. If you get hacked, tell people who are connected with your account (i.e. friends on Facebook) to keep them safe from viruses and attacks. A good resource is to go onto map.ipviking.com, a hacking awareness site by Norse, that shows people where people are hacking into.
If we work together, we can stop hackers!