Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Leakage personal data 279 Indonesian residents in the Raid Forums hacking forum are worried about the fate of their own data that might leak. Here are 9 tips for securing personal data so you don’t get hacked.
Leaked data usually includes full name, KTP, telephone number, email, NID and address. Cyber Expert from CISSERrec, Pratama Pershada to CNNIndonesia.com said that the leakage of data usually comes from PSTE (Electronic Transaction and System Operator) or government agencies that asked us to enter data.
As users, what we can do is be aware of the criminal or fraudulent practices that occur due to the data leak. Therefore the platform or PSTE must take full responsibility and must be subject to heavy sanctions in the event of negligence that results in leakage of personal data.
Here are tips for securing personal data so you don’t get hacked.
1. Change Password Routinely
Change passwords on application accounts or platforms regularly. For example, every three months to ensure that the personal data information we enter is safe from hacking.
2. Digital Wallets
In an era with increasingly sophisticated technology, using digital wallets is becoming a daily choice to avoid using debit and credit cards directly. There is nothing wrong with using digital wallets to further secure our personal information data.
3. Two-Step Verification
If possible, choose double protection against the personal data information that you provide. Two-step verification or Two-factor authentication (2FA) offered by the application or PSTE is one way to protect data.
4. Don’t Use Public WiFi
Try to keep using a private internet network on your device. Don’t expect to use public Wi-Fi that is provided free of charge for the safety of your personal data.
5. Update Antivirus
Install updated AntiVirus in your device to be alert if there is malware in it. Antivirus will work to protect your personal data.
6. Transactions on Trusted Platforms
At this time, you must also start to be selective in providing personal data on the platform. Try to first check the type of platform that asks for personal data, is it trusted or not to avoid data leakage.
7. Use a variety of passwords
If you have multiple platforms that ask for personal data, use different passwords on each platform. This includes e-commerce and social media.
8. Avoid Foreign Links
You are obliged not to directly click on foreign links carelessly. Because it is feared phishing through personal data on the platform. Phishing is a method to commit fraud by tricking the target with the intention of stealing the target’s account.
Phishing can be said to steal important information by taking over the victim’s account for some purpose. This could be with the intention of looking for loopholes for several accounts that are connected to the accounts that have been obtained.
Phishing this is often used in e-mails, where the spread is done to provide information that leads to a fake page for the purpose of trapping the victim.
9. Jaga OTP Codes
Never tell anyone the OTP code. Usually the OTP code is given personally through the system to platform users. Even if it is an employee of the platform concerned, it is strictly forbidden for you to tell the OTP code that you got.
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