Raise your awareness about computer security. (Knowledge is power!)

Just came across this boingboing post.

A server used by a botnet to store stolen data from infected PCs was found to contain more than 1.4 Gigabyte of business and personal data. It consisted of 5,388 unique log files. The data included:
* Compromised patient data
* Compromised bank customer data
* Business-related emails
* Captured Outlook accounts containing email communication

To illustrate the scope; the server contained among others 571 log files from the US, 621 from Germany (DE), 322 from France (FR), 308 from India (IN), 232 from Great Britain (GB), 150 from Spain (ES), 86 from Canada (CA), 58 from Italy (IT), 46 from the Netherlands (NL), and 1,037 from Turkey (TR).

(Glyn)

Stop and think about this for one second. 1.4 GB is an extremely large amount of data. Just by reading this post I have come to the conclusion that a few Hospitals, Clinics, and Medical Billing Agents may have had machines compromised. I can also take into account that many Financial Institutions had compromised computers as well!

My conclusion is based upon a post with limited information. But I can assure you that most of the data could have been taken from Personal Computer Systems. Many people work from home. With limited IT skills, your average user knows very little about protecting their computer.

Here are a few links that should help with protecting yourself online.

1. GeeksToGo - How did I get infected in the first place?

2. AntiPhishing Work Group - Community committed to wiping out Internet scams and fraud!

3. Get Safe Online - Protect your Apple Machine

4. Get Safe Online - Protect your Linux Machine.

5. LifeLock - Identity Theft Protection

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