We’ve all heard about people who have their online accounts hacked, but how many of you actually think it will happen to you? It’s like some horrible accident that you don’t really think about doing some simple steps to protect yourself from because you think “oh, that will never happen to me.”

And what happens when it does? You think back to all of the things you could have done, the signs you should have seen leading up to the event and think, “why didn’t I do something?”

I’m going to start this off with a link to a blog post by Senior Technology Consultant Graham Cluley over at Sophos. It talks about some basic Internet password security, and can be found right here. After checking that out, hit the jump for why I’m even writing this article and simple steps everyone should be taking to protect their online identities.

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