FL 56 – How we got hacked and were the victims of identity theft (and you could be next)

Why do bad people want to hurt good people? For the past 3-4 weeks we've been fighting hackers who have taken down our sites, attacked our bank accounts, and stolen our identity. Today we're going to talk about exactly what happened to us, identity theft and steps you need to take to protect yourself, your online business, and your family. [Tweet "47% of American have had their information compromised in the past 12 months."] After guessing this was just a random attack we suddenly realized this was personalized directly at us - our websites, computers, bank accounts and more. This has affected every aspect of our lives and we want to help you avoid that issue. It happened to us, it CAN happen to you too! 47% of Americans had their data compromised in the last 12 months 600,000 unauthorized Facebook logins happen every day Identity theft happens every 2 seconds [Tweet "Identity theft happens every 2 seconds. It happened to us, it can happen to you too"] You will learn Why you are vulnerable to identity theft even if you don't share everything online like we do. How the hacker brought our entire life to a screeching halt. How we thought we were safe, but didn't understand how to protect ourselves. Why this has affected every aspect of our lives. ONE VERY SIMPLE - call to action you can do today to secure yourself. Links and resources mentioned in today's show Learn about our story Random.org Lastpass Enjoy the podcast; we hope it helps keep your family safe! [Tweet "Complacency led to our hack & identity theft. We thought it couldn't happen to us, until it did"] Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Can't Miss Moments Each week Jocelyn and I share moments that we might have missed if we had not started our online business. Even though we just went through an awful experience, we still found time to make some Can't Miss Moments with each other and our kids! Making some core memories Tired from Disney and fighting hackers! Hacker's can't steal can't miss moments! :) You can connect with S&J on social media too!   Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post. See y'all next week! Can't listen right now? Read the transcript below! JOCELYN: And you know a lot of people say, "Well I don't shop online because that's dangerous." Well the funny thing is I shop online very often and I've actually had no problems with shopping online at all, but what I have had problems with are people who are attacking my banks, my credit card companies. And time and time again I've gotten letters in the mail that said "Hey, your credit card information's been compromised" or "Our servers have been attacked." SHANE: Or like Target the other day, what was it, like 30 million credit card numbers from their customers, whether you have online banking or not, were attacked and compromised. So you're not safe, whatever what you think. JOCELYN: Yeah, that's the thing is that no one is safe, and the purpose of this podcast and the series of podcasts this month is not to scare you, you know, we don't want you to move to an abandoned island or to only use cash or, you know – SHANE: Dig a hole to keep your money in. JOCELYN: Exactly, because you know that's just not realistic in the world that we live in today. But the purpose of all of this is just to help you to be more aware of what you're doing online, where your information is, how it is secured, and just to help you to know that you are vulnerable and that you need to secure this information. So just remember that if you use credit cards,...