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Norton by Symantec Urges Consumers to Help Protect Their Personal DataIn the wake of Facebook's recent security vulnerability, and the prevalence of data breaches in today's online world, Norton by Symantec (News - Alert) (NASDAQ: SYMC) is encouraging consumers to take an active role in monitoring and helping protect their private and personal information. As this security vulnerability marks yet another incident affecting tens of millions of accounts worldwide, it's an opportunity to educate consumers on what they can do to better protect their information and enhance their cyber safety. "In today's connected world, we live with a constantly changing surface area of technology and an equally broad and growing set of motivated attackers, making this type of security vulnerability and risk to consumer data, inevitable," said Samir Kapuria, executive vice president and general manager, Consumer Digital Safety, Symantec. "While the repercussions of this data exposure are top of mind, we want to empower people - whether they were affected by this issue or not - to better understand how they can manage their online privacy and cyber safety. It's not easy to navigate, so we're empowering people with the tools they need to help take away some of the complexities." It's unclear what these hackers may have done when they accessed more than 50 million Facebook (News - Alert) accounts, but when armed with the right mix of personal information, cybercriminals could take over online and financial accounts, create new ones, file fake tax returns, or even commit crimes in your name. Some of this information can be found on the Dark Web, where 500,000 email accounts with passwords from data breaches can be bought for as little as $90.1 Here are several steps consumers can take now to help more closely manage their personal information. Top Safety Tips from Norton and LifeLock (News - Alert):
About Symantec Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world's leading cyber security company, helps organizations, governments and people secure their most important data wherever it lives. Organizations across the world look to Symantec for strategic, integrated solutions to defend against sophisticated attacks across endpoints, cloud and infrastructure. Likewise, a global community of more than 50 million people and families rely on Symantec's Norton and LifeLock product suites to protect their digital lives at home and across their devices. Symantec operates one of the world's largest civilian cyber intelligence networks, allowing it to see and protect against the most advanced threats. For additional information, please visit www.symantec.com or connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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Symantec Internet Security Threat Report.
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