Many people today are worried about cybercrime chess hacking and identity theft. What problems does cybercrime cause, and what solutions can you suggest for ordinary people and business to take?

Nowadays,

cybercrime

hacking and

identity

theft are causing a large population to worry about their online security.

This

is happening when more people are using online banking and electronic payment systems for both personal and

business

purposes.

Although

this

can post a big problem for individuals and businesses alike, there are steps that can be taken to safeguard their personal

identity

and minimize the threats of becoming a

victim

of

cybercrime

. I will mention some of the common problems that

cybercrime

is

creating

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created

for people and several precautions that people can take to make their online activities safer.

Cybercrime

can happen in many ways,

such

as scam emails or scam phone calls tricking people to believe that their

bank

accounts have been compromised and try to get respondents to disclose their personal

information

, including but not limited to, their date of birth and online passwords. If people fall

to

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for

into

this

type of

cybercrime

, they can stand to lose a lot of

money

because the criminals will use the

information

gained to withdraw

money

from the

victim

's

bank

account. Another type of

cybercrime

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cyber crime

is through the use of various methods to gain access to

business

databases where

sensible

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sensitive

and confidential

business

and customer's

information

are being stored. There have been many cases that big corporations have their database system hacked into and millions of

customers

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customer

customers'

information

have been stolen. With

this

confidential personal

information

, criminals can inflict a lot of financial

damages

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damage

to people, like getting credit cards with

victim's

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the victim's information

information

, getting

bank loan

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a bank loan

under

victim's

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the victim's identity

identity

. All these types of criminal activities are causing people to lose confidence

on

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in

online banking and

business

activities while both governments and businesses are trying to convince people to rely on their online systems more than ever before. Many multi-national corporations had been fined for big amount of

money

for failing to protect their customers'

information

from cyber hackers.

This

type of

cybercrime

has been causing

business

a lot of

money

, not only in the fines that they need

pay but

Accept comma addition

pay, but

also

the huge amount of

money

that they have to invest in cyber-security to protect their electronic

information

. Undoubtedly,

this

kind of

cybercrime

is very damaging and wide spreading, there are many steps that can be taken to make it more difficult for these cyber criminals to success. One of the easiest steps is to make your online passwords more difficult for other people to guess, never use your own names or

birthdates

an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)

birthdays

as your passwords.

Also

, people should make it as a habit to change their online passwords on a regular basis. People should always verify that the emails and/or phone calls that are demanding the disclosure of their personal

information

are legit. It is always a better idea to either call back to your

bank

's or

business

's published phone number to make sure that you

are talking

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talk

to the right officials before giving away any

information

. Businesses should

also

do a better job in building a stronger and more robust online security system to protect their customers' personal

information

. In conclusion,

cybercrime

hacking and

identity

theft may be happening more often than people would like, but it can certainly be prevented with proper public education and people treating their personal

information

more carefully.