Cybercriminals are constantly looking for new ways to cheat the common people, in such a situation, your little mistake can cost you heavily. A large number of Indians still keep their debit/credit card PIN, Aadhar card, PAN card and other passwords in phone or e-mail.
Keeping personal information secure is very important, but it is overlooked by many users both in India and abroad. Perhaps this is the reason why cybercrimes are increasing continuously, because due to the slightest mistake of the users, the fraudsters get an opportunity to do fraud.
Experts opinion also tend to ignore
social media platform is revealed in a recent survey of LocalCircles that refuse to many users suggested by the experts security practices. These users keep their bank debit card and ATM PIN, Aadhar card, PAN card and other important documents in an insecure manner. In this survey, more than 24,000 responses have been collected from 393 districts. 63 percent of the respondents were men and 27 percent were women.
29% people gave ATM PIN to one or more people
29% of respondents (out of 8,158 responses to this question) said that they had given their debit card and credit card ATM PIN to ‘one or more’ Given to close family members. 4 percent of the people said that they gave the ATM PIN to their domestic staff. Importantly, 65 per cent people said that they have not shared their debit or credit card PIN with anyone.
33% of people keep their data in digital form The
Survey has yielded worrying answers to questions related to keeping personal information. There was a question that how users keep their bank account details, debit card or credit card CVV number or their ATM PIN, Aadhar card and PAN card. Of the 8,260 responses, 21 per cent claimed that they remembered their information. At the same time, 39 percent of the respondents said that they have written their passwords on paper. Whereas 33 per cent people say that they have kept their data in digital form on their phone, email and computer. This definitely increases the risk of your data being breached, because if hackers manage to gain access to your phone or email, they will get all your banking details, Aadhar card, PAN card and other documents, which will cause great harm to you. can.
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