One way to figure out if your information has been compromised is to check the accuracy of your personal accounts, credit cards and documents. One is supposed to keep track of all the transactions and activities that have been conducted under their name. Moreover, these threats are to be protected from and one should use extreme caution while surfing the internet. Limitation to revealing personal information online, carefully monitoring online activities and being extremely cautious when meeting an “online friend” are just the way to do so.

Once hacked into, the hacker can access personal and financial information stored in your device without one’s knowledge or consent. They may also cause serious physical threat by stalking. In addition to this, they can hijack one’s username and password, acquire our bank details, ruin our credit, use our information to obtain new financial assets, make purchases, obtain cash advances, abuse one’s social security number etc.