{"id":54315,"date":"2014-08-07T07:13:36","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T12:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=54315"},"modified":"2014-08-07T07:13:36","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T12:13:36","slug":"ohio-a-g-offers-tips-for-internet-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/08\/07\/ohio-a-g-offers-tips-for-internet-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio A-G offers tips for Internet security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Ohio Attorney General\u2019s information<\/i><\/p>\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine encourages consumers to change their passwords and monitor their accounts following news that Russian hackers have stolen more than a billion user IDs and passwords.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen a security breach is announced, it is a good reminder to take steps to protect your personal information,&#8221; DeWine said. &#8220;Even if you don&#8217;t know whether or not you have been directly affected, take common-sense steps to protect yourself.\u00a0A good place to start is by changing your passwords and carefully monitoring your accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The attorney general offered consumers the following tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you have online accounts, change your passwords. If you have used the same password for multiple accounts, consider changing those passwords as well.<\/li>\n<li>Choose a different password for each of your online accounts.<\/li>\n<li>Create passwords that are long and complex, using a variety of numbers, letters, and characters. Rather than choosing a word, consider picking a familiar phrase and using the first letter of each word, followed by a random number. For example, one could use the phrase \u201cMy dog\u2019s name is Brutus!\u201d and choose the password, \u201cMdniB!579.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Change your passwords often.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t store passwords or account username reminders on smartphones or computers. This personal information could be compromised by a computer virus.<\/li>\n<li>Beware of possible scams related to the breach. For example, watch out for email or text messages that instruct you to click on a link to \u201cchange your password.\u201d Some scammers may use the announcement as ploy to get you to click on malicious links.<\/li>\n<li>Monitor your financial accounts, email accounts, and mail for signs of identity theft, such as unexpected bills or credit report errors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Consumers who want additional information or those who suspect identity theft should contact the Ohio Attorney General\u2019s Office at 800.282.0515 or <a href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwODA2LjM0ODAwNjcxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDgwNi4zNDgwMDY3MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTMxMzc3JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZWRpdG9yQHRoZXZ3aW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1lZGl0b3JAdGhldndpbmRlcGVuZGVudC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;http:\/\/www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov\">www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov<\/a>. The Ohio Attorney General\u2019s Identity Theft Unit helps victims rectify the effects of identity theft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio Attorney General\u2019s information COLUMBUS &#8212; Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine encourages consumers to change their passwords and monitor their accounts following news that Russian hackers have stolen more than a billion user IDs and passwords. \u201cWhen a security breach is announced, it is a good reminder to take steps to protect your personal information,&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-05 02:23:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}