1Why do you need to protect personal data?

The risk of information insecurity is currently complex and difficult to control due to the explosion of the internet. Personal accounts are easily hacked, invaded, and leaked on the internet, the number of scams on social networking sites like Facebook is increasing, or most recently the Zoom app hacking incident, insecure and unsafe for users,… Therefore, more than ever, you need to protect your personal data.

Personal data is an extremely important asset of the digital economy. Most fields use personal data to process data such as administration, healthcare, law enforcement, identity documents, nationality,… Therefore, personal data needs to be maximally secured.

Avoid impersonation: If personal data is hacked, you will be impersonated for fraudulent activities that seriously affect your image and life. Therefore, you need to be careful with personal information such as email address, phone number, social media profile, credit card information, home address,…

2How to check if personal data and information have been leaked or not

First: You access the website National Cyber Security Monitoring Center – NCSC at the link: https://khonggianmang.vn/

The website will display “TOOLS TO CHECK INFORMATION SECURITY FOR INDIVIDUALS” for you to check. The checking tools include:

• Check IP address
• Check phishing websites
• Check leaked personal account information
•  Check the ability to prevent email spoofing attacks

Check IP address  

This tool helps you check if your Public IP address has connected to any botnet network in the last 30 days. You click on the “Check IP address” section on the home page.

Then click on the “Check” button.

The system will display the results immediately.

Check phishing website

This tool helps you check if a suspicious website is a scam or not. First, you click on “Check phishing website”.

After selecting this section, enter the link of the website you want to check into the “Enter URL” field.

Below are the results:

Check leaked personal account information

 This tool helps you check if your personal accounts have been leaked on the internet. Click on “Check leaked personal account information” to start checking.

Then, “Enter your email”

You see the displayed results warning if your email address is found in the list of leaked email accounts, you should quickly change the information of the accounts using this password.

Note not to reuse old passwords, use strong passwords and different ones on different websites.

Check the ability to prevent email spoofing attacks

You choose this tool to check if your company/organization’s email address has the ability to prevent phishing attacks.

Then, “Enter your email/email server address to check”, then select “Check”.

 The system will warn you if the sender of the email is a phishing attempt or not.

3How to secure your accounts

Here are some ways you can ensure the security of your personal accounts. 

– Enable two-factor authentication: Add an extra layer of security to your account. After setting up this feature, you will log into your account in 2 steps: What you know (your password) and what you have (like your phone or security key). You can enable account protection on Google, , Facebook,… 

 – Secure your computer: You should regularly check and scan for viruses with antivirus software; do not access unfamiliar websites; do not download unknown applications, software,… 

– Be careful when installing apps on your mobile phone: You should limit downloading unverified, unreliable apps as well as avoid third-party app stores. You can learn more 

– Avoid sharing your information with unidentified parties: Do not participate in Facebook games that require you to connect with your profile or ask you to provide your date of birth, email address, phone number,… It is also best to post your status within your friend circle. 

– Set a password for your mobile phone: Using a secure password helps protect your personal data on your phone such as phone contacts, account information, or important personal data. You should 

– Do not use the same password for different addresses: You should regularly change your password and set it to a strong mode. And absolutely do not provide or let your password leak to anyone. You can check the strength of the passwords stored on Google, whether they have been hacked or not.

– Be mindful of your webcam: You should cover your webcam by sticking a label on it, and you should also turn off the front camera on your phone. 

– Be cautious with public Wi-Fi: You should consider before accessing free Wi-Fi, public Wi-Fi,… to ensure the safety of your connection. You can learn more

Hope the above information will help you protect your account safely. Be careful not to let your personal account information leak online!

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