{"id":4310,"date":"2020-01-01T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.eset.ee\/?p=4310"},"modified":"2020-01-02T13:25:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T11:25:04","slug":"simple-steps-to-protect-yourself-against-identity-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.eset.ee\/et\/en\/2020\/01\/01\/simple-steps-to-protect-yourself-against-identity-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple steps to protect yourself against identity theft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you doing enough to reduce the risk of having your identity stolen?<em>&nbsp;<\/em>it\u2019s a good time to reflect on what kinds of measures you should take to prevent thieves from stealing and using your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.welivesecurity.com\/2019\/05\/30\/aftermath-data-breach-personal-story\/\">fraudulent activities<\/a>. As more and more of our personal information is online and cybercriminals target everything from bank accounts to tax refunds, identity theft is a growing concern. With your sensitive information in their hands, crooks can make fraudulent purchases, open new accounts or apply for loans in your name.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch the video to see how you can reduce the risk of falling victim to identity theft. Among other things, you will learn:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How to respond to requests for your personal information<\/li><li>Why register with credit bureaus as well as monitor your financial accounts<\/li><li>How to stop scammers from pulling off a SIM card swap<\/li><li>Why using weak passwords is risky and what to do instead<\/li><li>Why opt for multi-factor authentication wherever it is available<\/li><li>How security software can help<\/li><li>Why encrypt your data and devices and shred documents containing sensitive information<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay safe in 2020!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ESET: Simple steps to protect yourself against identity theft\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UgBpS1x3G9s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you doing enough to reduce the risk of having your identity stolen?&nbsp;it\u2019s a good time to reflect on what kinds of measures you should take to prevent thieves from stealing and using your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) for&nbsp;fraudulent activities. As more and more of our personal information is online and cybercriminals target everything from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2880],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-security"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.eset.ee\/et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.eset.ee\/et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.eset.ee\/et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.eset.ee\/et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.eset.ee\/et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.eset.ee\/et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.eset.ee\/et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.eset.ee\/et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.eset.ee\/et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.eset.ee\/et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}