A short YouTube video by Caitlin Sarian offering practical cybersecurity advice on avoiding sharing personal information via email or text. The speaker explains that hackers use scanning tools to search compromised accounts for keywords and long numeric strings (credit card numbers, Social Security numbers), and recommends limiting digital exposure and, when necessary, giving card details by phone.
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Don't email your bank details or your credit card numbers to anyone. Hi, I'm Caitlin. I'm a cybersecurity and data protection expert, and I want to help you stay safe online. Let's go. When hackers get into an account, they usually use a scanning tool to scan for keywords or specific strings like credit card numbers. Let's be real. They do not want to know all the stuff that you've bought on Amazon. They want personal information, they want login details, they want credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, all that stuff. And then the way they find it once they get in is, is they usually use a scanning tool. So this scanning tool allows them to scan for keywords, like if you wrote password, they can scan for that keyword. They also are able to scan for long strings of numbers, like for Social Security numbers or credit card numbers. Before we continue, be sure to follow along for more cybersecurity tips and tricks. Make sure you share this with a friend who, you know, has sent personal details or credit card numbers. So what do I do if I need to send a credit card information? Okay, here's what you're going to do. First, I would see if you could call someone and give it to them directly. Try to limit your digital footprint. But if you.
