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Cybersecurity expert and attorney Leeza Garber discusses important steps US citizens can take to protect their assets, such as changing their passwords and exercising caution when accessing websites.
Cybersecurity expert and attorney Leeza Garber joined “Mornings with Maria” on Thursday and suggested the United States needed to “be proactive” to protect its assets during a potential cyberattack amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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LEEZA GARBER: The big fear is that we’ll wake up and see all our bank statements run out, right? This is a concern I hear all the time. It is important to understand that as citizens we can do our best to protect our assets. Many of our assets are online. If it’s connected to the internet, there’s always a chance it could be hacked, but it’s important, as you mentioned, to change your password using best practices, which includes multi-factor authentication . Pay attention to how you access websites, what emails you click on, etc.
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It’s also about being proactive about the companies that we use as well and then in a broader context of making sure that as companies we prepare, we’re aware that we could be hacked …it is important to note that the federal government has invested money in this file. We are proactive. There is an incredible joint cyber defense collaboration that has partnered with government and private agencies including Amazon and Google to share threats, come together, be proactive and do their best. So that’s certainly what we’re doing. We also collect information as a country, just like Russia.
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Cybersecurity expert and lawyer Leeza Garber explains how US citizens can protect their assets and bank accounts during a possible cyberattack amid the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
