Sunday, December 21, 2014

DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU: A Sony Employee's Nightmare as a Result of the Sony Hack

I have written this before but it is worth repeating.

Given that computers are now so cheap now (A Dell laptop can be had for under $300.00), it makes sense to own a laptop that you use strictly for your financial accounts.

I use a separate email address for my financial accounts and a separate computer, which makes my financial activities a lot more secure. It makes it highly unlikely that I will download a virus by accident that would result in my financial accounts being compromised.

Although I use the cloud, I also maintain hard copies of any contracts or other important documents--and any active work.

The internet is great but these small things  steps can insure a much greater level of protection against bad actors.

An employee at Sony talked to Fortune about the personal ordeal he went through following revelations of North Korea’s alleged cyber attack on the company, here. Don't let this happen to you.

6 comments:

  1. Even better consider using a chromebook only for financial transactions. They are supposed to be virus free

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    1. I sincerely hope you are trolling.

      There are far, far better options for a secure operating system than Google's spyware.

      Try tails or openBSD.

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  2. Separate computers and email addresses has been a good practice for a long time but for some reason it has fallen by the wayside even though it has become easier and cheaper to do.

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  3. You could just boot Linux from disc, and you needn't have a conpletely separate computer. This works just as well to ensure you're virus free.

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    1. I do that too, a thumbdrive with it's own OS and encrypted storage. 95% of computers have a boot menu somewhere in the boot up BIOS that's usually easily accessible.

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  4. You know I never really thought of the separate computer idea. I have a laptop but its really just a spare for if my desktop goes down.

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