How Your Account Can Be Hacked and What to Do About It

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☑️ There are many ways accounts can be compromised, but there are also many simple ways you can protect yourself. ☑️ Account hacks and what to do about 'em Bad guys try many tricks to steal your accounts: fake messages, weak passwords, sneaky software, and more. But you can stay safe by using strong, different passwords, turning on two-factor login, being careful with messages, and keeping things up to date. Most of all, be smart , skeptical, and pay attention. Updates, related links, and more discussion: https://askleo.com/180742 🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: https://go.askleo.com/ytsub ✅ Watch next ▶ Avoiding Scams: Why Hackers Can’t Recover Your Gmail for You ▶ https://youtu.be/sfTofQ-oBNw Chapters 0:00 So Many Ways Your Account Can Be Hacked 0:45 How they get into your accounts 1:00 Phishing 1:30 Social engineering 2:10 SIM swapping 2:45 Malware and keyloggers 3:10 Chain of account compromise 3:50 Weak and reused passwords 4:25 Data breaches 4:45 Lock it down 5:55 Set up and maintain recovery information 8:00 Lock your mobile account ❤️ My best articles: https://go.askleo.com/best ❤️ My Most Important Article: https://go.askleo.com/number1 More Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com to get your questions answered ☑️ https://newsletter.askleo.com to subscribe to the Confident Computing newsletter. ☑️ https://askleo.com/patron to help support Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com/all-the-different-ways-to-get-ask-leo/ for even more! #askleo #hacker #account