The Postal Police informs that massive spamming activity is underway with the sending of emails in which users are informed of the hacking of their e-mail account by an international group of criminals. This email reports that the account would be hacked through the inoculation of a virus while visiting adult sites; hence the threat to disclose to all the type of site visited and the consequent request for money in cryptocurrency.
WARNING, none of this is real: it represents an invention of the offender, developed for the sole purpose of throwing us into panic and inducing us to pay the illicit sum: it is technically impossible, in fact, that anyone, even if illegally entered our mailbox email, could - for this only - install a virus able to take control of our device, activating the webcam or stealing our data.
Here are some tips on how to behave: Keep calm: The criminal does not have, in reality, any video that portrays us in intimate attitudes or, in all likelihood, the passwords of social profiles from which to draw the list of our friends or relatives ; Do not pay absolutely any ransom: the experience gained with respect to previous criminal cases (such as #sextortion and #ransomware) shows that even when the criminal actually has our data, paying the ransom determines the only effect a fury in extortion requests , aimed at obtaining additional money.
Properly protect our email (and in general our virtual accounts): change - if you have not already done so - the password, setting complex passwords; never use the same password for multiple profiles; enable, where possible, “strong” authentication mechanisms for our virtual spaces, which associate the insertion of the password with the entry of a security code received on our mobile phone; Keep in mind that the (real) inoculation of computer viruses capable of taking control of our devices can only occur if the cyber criminals have had material availability of the devices themselves, or if they have managed to consume, to our detriment, phishing episodes IT: it is therefore good practice to never leave our devices unattended (and unprotected) and be careful not to click on suspicious links or e-mail attachments.
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