Consumer Corner: How to stop cyber criminals getting your money

E-flow text messaging scams are very common at the moment. These text messages advise recipients of an outstanding toll and encourage them to follow a payment link, or face penalties for not doing so

Regular password changes, while they might be a nuisance, are always very important to help prevent cyber criminals 

Cybercrime is having a major impact on our day-to-day lives right now. We have traditionally been wary of being robbed on the street but these robbers are now targeting us in a new way and it’s scary.

A survey from the Compliance Institute conducted earlier this year found that one in every two people in Ireland is targeted with spam calls or texts at least every month. More than a quarter of Irish people believe their personal data has been illegally shared or leaked.