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Rostelecom gave a lecture on the basics of cybersecurity at a meeting of the municipal club "I am a parent" in Votkinsk, Udmurt Republic. More than 200 participants of the event learned what dangers the Internet poses and how to teach a child to resist the threats of the virtual world.
Rostelecom specialists reminded the meeting participants of the main goals of online attackers: access to users’ bank accounts, personal data, personal correspondence, accounts on social networks and on the government services portal.
Sergey Tulchinsky, Director of the branch of PJSC Rostelecom in the Udmurt Republic:
"If you do not follow cybersecurity rules, information from any Internet device can fall into the hands of fraudsters. The tricks of the attackers are different - phishing, a dialogue in messengers with a request for urgent financial assistance, offers to download content that contains malware. In the lecture, we discussed in detail how not to fall for the bait of criminals: it is necessary to regularly change passwords, not go through authorization when connecting to an unknown Wi-Fi, do not respond to suspicious links."
Experts also spoke about the dangers of unverified mobile applications: there is no guarantee that after their installation, data from the device will not be transferred to third parties. To protect your smartphone from spyware, you need to choose only official applications from verified companies.
Anastasia Solomennikova, head of the education department of Votkinsk:
"We always have a full house at our meetings with Rostelecom, parents and teachers often take notes on the lecture and participate in a dialogue with experts. Adults cannot fully control their child's actions online, even if they use parental control tools: as soon as children understand that they are being restricted, they try to trick the system. After lectures on cybersecurity, we can tell children in simple terms about the threats of the virtual world, teach them how to behave correctly in cyberspace, recognize threats and respond to them correctly. Sometimes this is much more effective than a ban on using the network."
The event was organized by the Votkinsk Education Department. In the future, Rostelecom will continue educational work in the field of cybersecurity and will conduct a series of lessons on digital literacy in the cities of Udmurtia.
