Identity theft: Seven tips to defeat online fraudsters


Cybercriminals are constantly coming up with new scams. That means it is all the more important to protect yourself against fraudsters. — Photo: Franziska Gabbert/dpa

BERLIN: It's not possible to completely prevent personal and sensitive data from falling into the hands of cybercriminals. In the event of a data leak due to a hacker attack, often the only thing left for you to do is change affected passwords as quickly as possible.

However, there's a number of measures you can put in place beforehand, to protect your data from phishing attacks and other scams.

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