What’s more shocking is that in the US up to 143 million people could be affected. But if you’re a customer of British Telecom (BT), Capital One or British Gas, it’s possible that Equifax was used to obtain your credit check data.

Many of these consumers will be unaware that their data was held by US company Equifax.

Just last Friday (8th September 2017), a full scale investigation began after it was feared that the personal data of up to 44 million British consumers had been stolen by hackers in a massive cyber attack. If you use the same login for your banking as for your other, less important accounts, you could still be easily compromised. The real issue is that if someone manages to get hold of your username and password from one website, they can easily try this same combination at other more important websites. I use pretty-much the same username and password combination across many websites, and for a while I’ve been vaguely aware that this probably isn’t a good idea. Well, as developer of the website I had to resolve this, and as a result mapahub is now a fully secured website.īut my research revealed a serious flaw in my own personal online security habits. I kept getting nagging reminders telling me the site wasn’t secure, and that it might not be wise to enter a password here. It all started last month with concerns over logins for our mapahub meetup website for house sitters and digital nomads. I’ve gone the full Edward Snowdon and become more than a little paranoid about online security. How good are you at protecting your passwords? We take a look at how you can minimize the damage of having your personal data hacked by keeping your passwords safe.

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