Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
☑️ Every online account you own is valuable to criminals looking to steal your identity, spread malware, or empty your accounts. Here's why you're a target no matter what, and how to protect yourself before it's too late.
☑️ You. Are. A. Target.
You might think hackers won’t bother with you, but everyone is a target. Hackers can steal your accounts, send spam as you, install malware, or open new accounts while pretending to be you. Protecting yourself now is much easier than fixing the damage after an attack.
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Chapters
0:00 You Are a Target of Hackers
1:19 “I don’t have much money, so hackers won’t come after me.”
2:11 “I’m nobody, and I’m hardly online. They can’t find me.”
3:09 “I don’t bank online, so hackers can’t mess with me.”
4:45 “I don’t bank online, so hackers can’t get my money.”
6:22 “My bank/credit card company/online service will take care of me.”
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☑️ Every online account you own is valuable to criminals looking to steal your identity, spread malware, or empty your accounts. Here's why you're a target no matter what, and how to protect yourself before it's too late.
☑️ You. Are. A. Target.
You might think hackers won’t bother with you, but everyone is a target. Hackers can steal your accounts, send spam as you, install malware, or open new accounts while pretending to be you. Protecting yourself now is much easier than fixing the damage after an attack.
Updates, related links, and more discussion: askleo.com/153830
🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: go.askleo.com/ytsub
✅ Watch next ▶ You’re Just Not That Interesting ▶ youtu.be/kQghz1wKsrc
Chapters
0:00 You Are a Target of Hackers
1:19 “I don’t have much money, so hackers won’t come after me.”
2:11 “I’m nobody, and I’m hardly online. They can’t find me.”
3:09 “I don’t bank online, so hackers can’t mess with me.”
4:45 “I don’t bank online, so hackers can’t get my money.”
6:22 “My bank/credit card company/online service will take care of me.”
❤️ My best articles: go.askleo.com/best
❤️ My Most Important Article: go.askleo.com/number1
More Ask Leo!
☑️ askleo.com to get your questions answered
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☑️ askleo.com/patron to help support Ask Leo!
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