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How To Protect Your Gaming Accounts From Hackers
But anything you do online exposes you to the risk of identity theft and other cybercrimes. North America makes up over a quarter of the gaming market. The U.S. video game market alone generated $34.5 billion in revenues last year.
Those numbers are great for the economy and the companies making money. But it’s also a growing opportunity for hackers to commit crimes against gamers.
The methods for protecting your gaming accounts is, in most ways, similar to those for protecting your other online accounts like email, banking and social media accounts.
Hackers tend to seek one of the following when targeting gaming accounts:
- Financial information – You buy games and make in-game purchases using your credit or debit accounts. Hackers can make purchases under your name once they take over your account.
- Personal information – Hackers can use your name, address, and birthday to commit all kinds of crimes. Your compromised account becomes a risk for identity theft.
- In-game items – Serious gamers spend real cash on in-game items, including weapons and armor. You lose real money when you lose these items to hackers.
Here are the measures you can take to protect your gaming accounts from hackers:
Use Unbreakable Passwords
With password protection software, you don’t need to memorize unique keyphrases. It generates strong passwords and saves them for you. They are convenient but powerful enough to keep you safe. They have encryption features and warn you of possible data breaches.
Beware of Phishing Attempts
Most video gaming accounts allow users to communicate with other players. It makes planning and coordination easy when playing team-based games. But this feature also leaves online gamers vulnerable to phishing attacks.
Observe best practices for averting phishing attempts. Be wary of messages from senders you don’t know or…
Man arrested for Lake County internet gaming business shooting
Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputies have arrested a man in connection to a shooting at an internet gaming business on Wednesday night.The shooting happened around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday near Umatilla.A worker at the location of the incident, Hot Spot, called 911 upon hearing gunshots that injured a security guard. “We received a call of shots fired from what is known as Hot Spot internet gaming casino. When we responded there, we found that the security guard had been shot,” Lt. Fred Jones with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said.The security guard who was injured is still in recovery. “I heard the gunshots and when I came outside. I saw some guys running to a truck and take off,” Lynn, a witness said.Lynn, who didn’t want to give her full name, told WESH 2 she spoke to someone who was inside of Hot Spot when the shooting happened. “They said it was two people, and as soon as the door opened, the guy put his hand in with the gun because the girl said she tried to swipe the gun down,” Lynn said.”She said he shot the security guard sitting there, shot the security guard then took off running outside the building, never even made it inside the building,” Lynn said.Travontae Harley, 33, was arrested Friday night during a traffic stop on his Nissan Frontier. Detectives are still trying to locate the second suspect. Leading up to Harley’s arrest, a phone was found in the area where the suspects took off in a dark-colored truck after the incident. Detectives found pictures of Harley’s cards on the phone after obtaining a search warrant, and they were also able to connect the phone’s account to Harley’s social media names. A Wawa receipt from the day of the Hot Spot shooting was found in Harley’s car, and upon checking the surveillance video from the Wawa, detectives saw two men who matched the description of the suspects. The surveillance video was from three hours before the shooting occurred. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Harley is facing charges for robbery with a firearm and attempted murder while engaged in a robbery. Anyone with information should reach out either to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, or Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS.Related video below:…