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Discussion in 'Australia' started by moretti, Nov 10, 2022.

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  1. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
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    #1 moretti, Nov 10, 2022
    These hacker bastards have been brilliant for ages , remember Ferrari using them to hide their traction control software many years ago ?

    Ransomeware has been their specialty for years, encrypting pics and documents for many small firms was a niche market they played heavily in.

    The latest hacking attacks need to be cut off by blocking Russia from the internet

    It may be drastic but it is highly disruptive and if you lose all of your money you won't be happy

    As a first pass the best thing you can do is change your money passwords at least every month, keep a close eye on account purchases and clean your browser cache every month ("some" of you may lose your porn stash :p )

    Never let someone on your computer via Teamviewer or AnyDesk, they will clean out your bank accounts in seconds and put a sensible limit on your daily spends

    And use a good anti-virus protection like Malwarebytes or better
     
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  2. Horse

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    #2 Horse, Nov 10, 2022
    Yes, lock them out.

    Can you do that for us?


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  3. greg246

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    #3 greg246, Nov 10, 2022
    Intentionally that is
     
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  4. knocker

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    #4 knocker, Nov 10, 2022
    Fair call, I’ve found the best line of defence is being perpetually broke [emoji849]
     
  5. craze

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    #5 craze, Nov 10, 2022
    Hahaha

    I use 2 factor authentication on everything that matters
     
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  6. moretti

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    #6 moretti, Nov 10, 2022
    I use to hate 2 factor authentication but now am happy to do so
     
  7. moretti

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    #7 moretti, Nov 10, 2022
    I can get my people at the telcos to help out, I'm too "bull in a Chinah shop" type of person
     
  8. monza75

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    #8 monza75, Nov 10, 2022
    Yes, do it Moretti.

    Should only be a 5 minute job for a man of your talent.

    Seriously though, I’ve already had to flag my drivers license due to the Optus breach and whom knows what’s been exposed with the medibank one now…
     
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    #9 monza75, Nov 10, 2022
    The problem is Adrian, if they have enough info, they can make you even more broke by taking out loans in your name :eek::eek:
     
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  10. knocker

    knocker F1 World Champ

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    #10 knocker, Nov 10, 2022
    Well I hope they have better luck at it than me [emoji12].
     
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    #11 monza75, Nov 10, 2022
    OLIO
     
  12. Steve355F1

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    #12 Steve355F1, Nov 10, 2022
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    Yeah I had to get a new DL thanks to Optus.

    And I’ve been getting 10x more scam emails / texts since that breach.

    Is it actually possible to cut a particular country off from the net?
     
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  13. Horse

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    #13 Horse, Nov 10, 2022
    Intentionally?

    Poor Moretti.

    Olio


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    #14 kerrari, Nov 10, 2022
    Definition of irony; scam email I received this week purporting to be from Ebay re suspect charge, asking me to call a Melbourne phone number - the joke was the funds were supposedly used to pay a company called Avast - who are a cyber security mob!
     
  15. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
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    #15 moretti, Nov 10, 2022
    You would be surprised what is possible but there are always back doors.

    Chinah has the Great Firewall of Chinah which is suppose to be using AI to clamp down on VPN connections but I've heard some people can get around that.

    Anyway, I've a very smart friend coming to live with me for a few months while his wife and kid are in Portugal for a year so we'll see what we can do :)
     
  16. moretti

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    #16 moretti, Nov 10, 2022
    Use Malwarebytes (German and very good)
     

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