Welcome to DR's note, your weekly dose of knowledge from Circuit Stitch Blog.

This weeks DR note is how to tell you've been hacked.

With cyber crime on the rise I am here to show you how you can tell if someone could have access to  your computer or device.  Let us start off by going to a website https://haveibeenpwned.com , with this site you can put in your email address and see if it was found in any data breach's.  If so then you want to change the passwords to these accounts, and if you use the same password for other account you should change them too.  Like I've said before you want to get yourself a password manager.    Also on that website is a list of other sites that have had data breaches, so you can check to see if one of the sites you visit often is on there.   You can even set up a Google alert for data breach, that way when they happen you can be on top of it. 

Those are a couple of ways to tell if you've been hacked, but what do you do if you have been hacked.  First off notify family, friends, and any one that follows you on social media platforms.  By doing this it helps to keep others from getting hacked as well, with them thinking that they are interacting with you.  Secondly if they demand a ransom for your information on your computer, DO NOT PAY IT.  By paying it you are funding them whether you think  you are or not.  Contact the police and possible 3rd party to get you info back.  Lastly if you suspect someone has log into an account of yours, make sure you change the password immediately.   You should also have 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication) enabled.

I hope this helps you to understand if you've been hacked and to take precautions to keep from getting hacked.  As always feel free to email or message me if you have any questions or concerns.