http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26954540
I especially love the part where you are supposed to put your passwords on your smart phone, instead of writing them down. Hackers are no good at cracking pen and paper. When was the last time you heard of password theft through a non-digital medium? At any rate, this is the kind of security issue that affects online, secure payment portals, as well as online banking, including credit card accounts.
Revenue Canada is scrambling.
Apparently 2/3 of the world's secure servers are affected. All of the social networks are at risk as well, but that is not threatening in the same way as financial breaches are. Getting your financial identity back once it has been stolen can ruin you. If anything happens, don't let the institution(s) suggest for a moment that any action of yours led to the infringement. They all guarantee safe transactions. Trouble is, when the crap hits, it may be difficult to determine where the breach occurred, so which institution is actually responsible?
See, I am not paranoid! Hope you didn't get dinged!
If you rush out and change all of your passwords today, you may not be safe. The bug is not fixed yet.
All transactions for reservations are done here off the web. Very secure. I do all of the transactions personally. Very secure. Maybe not as convenient as pointing and clicking, but absolutely no repercussions to booking a vacation. I pay a premium to do manual credit card transactions, keeping your credit safe.
I especially love the part where you are supposed to put your passwords on your smart phone, instead of writing them down. Hackers are no good at cracking pen and paper. When was the last time you heard of password theft through a non-digital medium? At any rate, this is the kind of security issue that affects online, secure payment portals, as well as online banking, including credit card accounts.
Revenue Canada is scrambling.
Apparently 2/3 of the world's secure servers are affected. All of the social networks are at risk as well, but that is not threatening in the same way as financial breaches are. Getting your financial identity back once it has been stolen can ruin you. If anything happens, don't let the institution(s) suggest for a moment that any action of yours led to the infringement. They all guarantee safe transactions. Trouble is, when the crap hits, it may be difficult to determine where the breach occurred, so which institution is actually responsible?
See, I am not paranoid! Hope you didn't get dinged!
If you rush out and change all of your passwords today, you may not be safe. The bug is not fixed yet.
All transactions for reservations are done here off the web. Very secure. I do all of the transactions personally. Very secure. Maybe not as convenient as pointing and clicking, but absolutely no repercussions to booking a vacation. I pay a premium to do manual credit card transactions, keeping your credit safe.
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