A year ago my son had his debit card info stolen and they tried to empty his account. They picked the wrong person because he had already spent it and had 2 bucks left.....LOL.
I am trying to develop protocols for myself that will stop any attempts to get my data. I assumed like most people that if you do shredding and keep your AV's up to date that nothing can happen, but I was wrong....so I am now very cautious.
Not doing any banking over the internet helps greatly, but that’s not a popular solution.
“so I am now very cautious”
How did they get in?
Did you have a login password for windows? This sounds like stories I’ve heard from people who had older windows systems, like Win 98.