Many people are worried about cyber crime and identity theft. What kinds of problems is it causing? What can be done to solve this problem?

Nowadays,

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hacking and

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

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

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purposes.

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

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and minimize the threats of becoming a

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of

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. I will mention some of the common problems are being caused by

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of criminal activities. I will

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

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can happen in many ways,

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

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

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

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of

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crime, they can stand to lose a lot of

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because the criminals will use the

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gained to withdraw

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from the

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's

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account. Another

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of

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crime is through the use of various methods to gain access to

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databases where sensitive and confidential

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and customer's

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

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have been stolen. With

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confidential personal

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, criminals can inflict a lot of financial damage to people, like getting credit cards with the

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's

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, getting

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loan under the

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's

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. All these types of criminal activities are causing people to lose confidence in online banking and

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activities meanwhile 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

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for failing to protect their customers'

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from

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hackers.

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type

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of

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has been causing

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a lot of

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, not only in the fines that they need pay, but

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the huge amount of

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that they have to invest in

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-security to protect their electronic

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. Undoubtedly,

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kind of

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is very damaging and wide spreading, there are many steps that can be taken to make it more difficult for these

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criminals to success. One of the easiest steps is to make your online passwords more difficult for other people to guess,

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, never use your own names or birthdays as your passwords. Alternatively, people should make it as a habit to change their online passwords on a regular basis. Most importantly, people should always verify that the emails and/or phone calls that are demanding the disclosure of their personal

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are legit.

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, It is always a better idea to either call back to your

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's or

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's published phone number to make sure that you talk to the right officials before giving away any

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. Ultimately, businesses should

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

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. In conclusion,

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hacking and

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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

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more carefully.