How to secure your data from fraudsters

How to secure your data from fraudsters

The number of frauds continues to increase in Sweden. In connection with this, several companies and authorities have gone out via their social channels to warn their customers about fraudulent text messages, phone calls or emails.

In the past, the Swedish Transport Agency, the Swedish Tax Agency and the police, among others, have warned. Since October 1, the latter has started a collaboration with the Swedish Agency for Community Safety and Emergency Preparedness (MSB) to inform the public about fraudsters and how to protect yourself from the crimes.

They are not alone in trying to reach out.

Now the telecom company Telia has also invested in preventing fraud, and comes up with a number of tips in connection with this.

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Anyone can become a target for fraudsters. One that has been exposed is the influencer Carly Rowena who got rid of a whopping 70,000 kroner in connection with a crypto fraud.

“I thought it was too good to be true, and I still fell for it,” Rowena has said in an interview with CNBC.

Like many others, she recommends that you stop and think and not let yourself be stressed by an unknown sender.

Person withdraws money from an ATM in Halmstad. Photo: Fotograferna Holmberg / TT.

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MSB invests in informing the public about IT-related crimes

It does not have to be the case that fraudsters gain access to other people’s money via phone calls, text messages or emails. Connecting to an open Wi-Fi network can be enough for a hacker to gain access to one’s data. In addition, cyber attacks are becoming more and more common and although they rarely affect private individuals to the same extent as authorities, it can be good to maximize protection against them.

MSB invests in informing the public.

– We live in an anxious and unpredictable time and we need to increase our risk awareness and strengthen our resilience together. Everyone who lives in Sweden is part of our preparedness, said Christina Andersson at MSB, to Nyheter24.

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The authority for social protection and preparedness, MSB. The Stockholm office in Tomteboda. Photo: Simon Rehnström / SvD / TT.Telia: “People should be worried”

It is difficult to completely free yourself from the risk of being deceived, but there are tricks to use that significantly reduce it. The tips that Telia gives are part of the process of building up Sweden’s digital preparedness.

– People should be worried. Cybercriminals know that we as individuals are easier to hack compared to large companies and IT systems, as they are better protected, says Malin Fransén Kronberghead of security at Telia, in a press release.

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Sign Telia. Photo: Caisa Rasmussen / TT.

1. Different passwords

In the press release under the name “New security control prepares Swedes against criminals’ hacker attacks”, Telia writes that it is important to have different passwords in different places. These should preferably be long, complicated and difficult to figure out.

2. Authentication

Two-way authentication, the finger or face recognition feature is preferable to password protection alone.

3. Multiple security programs

The more security programs and measures in your computer, router or mobile phone, the better, according to Telia.

4. No unknown networks

Open networks in, for example, cafes, restaurants or bars are easy to open and make your data more accessible to hackers. If you want to go a step further, Telia recommends VPN services.

5. Updates

With updates and new operating systems usually come improvements to device security.

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