While you can certainly reduce your chances of falling victim to cyber crime by following the advice contained within this feature, no system is entirely secure.
Even with the best IT infrastructure, things can still go wrong, especially as much damage can be traced back to human error: believing a hoax phone call, reacting to a scam email, downloading a malicious file and so on.
The damage that can be done can range from losing your data, which in itself is incredibly valuable, to direct financial loss through theft.
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