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How do I check if I've been hacked? What should I be watching out for? Here's a cyber security expert's tips on how to protect yourself

If the news about data breaches at multiple organisations in the past few weeks has you worried about your cybersecurity, you're not alone. 

Many of us are wondering what we need to do to protect ourselves from hackers and scammers — which can be overwhelming thought given how much of our lives are online. 

Paul Haskell-Dowland, a professor of cybersecurity practice at Edith Cowan University, runs us through a few simple things you can do.

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