Indeed, the harm caused by the leakage of personal information can be summarized as follows:
1. There is a constant stream of spam text messages: This has become a very common thing. No wonder CCTV exposed spam text messages at two March 15 parties in a row. The latest thing I heard is that using community SMS, the base station can be used as a sending center to send SMS messages to mobile users within the coverage area of ??the base station. This SMS sending system can send 15,000 messages every ten minutes.
2. Nuisance calls come one after another: calls that only friends, classmates or relatives would know are often called by strangers, some selling insurance, some selling decoration, and some selling baby products. If you don't look for them, they will come to you automatically. You may still be wondering how they got your phone number, but you don’t know how many times your information has been sold.
3. Spam is overwhelming: After personal information is leaked, your email box may receive more than a dozen spam emails every day, which are mainly sales promotions, and they are also messy and uncreative advertisements. Therefore, the first thing many users do when they open their mailbox every day is to delete spam emails. They envy the heavy penalties imposed on spam emails in foreign countries, with a fine of more than one hundred dollars for each email.
4. Applying for a fake card and overdraft debt: Someone buys your personal information, applies for your ID card, defrauds the bank's credit online, applies for various credit cards from the bank, and maliciously overdrafts consumption, and then the bank may directly The demand note for the arrears was sent to the owner of the ID card. You said it was disgusting, but you were asked to repay the money someone else spent in your name.
5. Cases and accidents fall from the sky: criminals may use your personal information to assume some identity and do bad things. If a crime is committed or an accident occurs, the public security agency or traffic management department may find you based on the identity information. You may Still think where is this? However, here comes the trouble of these accidents, even if you find out clearly, you will be exhausted.
6. Unscrupulous companies come to defraud you: The most heinous thing is that unscrupulous companies come to your door to defraud you. Because they know your personal information, they can make up some sensational news, and even know which of your friends, classmates or relatives you have. They can also report their names and affiliations. When you are uneasy, they can make wrong judgments. In a panic, he fell for the scammer.
7. Pretending to be a police officer and requesting a transfer: This is a bold criminal who dares to impersonate the name of the public security bureau, report your personal information, and then say that fraud cases have occurred recently, remind you that a certain account is not safe, and ask you to transfer money, and also tell you a As soon as you call the public security consultation phone number, you will get confirmation, and then you will believe it and transfer the money. Although not many people are fooled, they do hear about it from time to time.
8. Tricks and abductions take advantage of the situation: Because they know your personal information, those hiding in the dark will try their best to trick you, deceive you, abduct you, and deceive you. There is a saying that "it is easy to hide from an open gun, but difficult to guard against a hidden arrow." If you are not careful, you may fall into the trap of the bad guys. Because they may pretend to be your friend, your relative or your classmate, or even pretend to be the real one. Sometimes you have to be very careful.
9. Account money disappears: The biggest obstacle for some people who dare not spend money online is the fear of information being leaked; some criminals also apply for your ID card, report the loss of your bank account or credit card account, and then apply for a new one. Set a password for your card. If you don’t use the card for a long time, the money in it may have disappeared.
10. Personal reputation is damaged for no reason: After personal information is leaked, anything that happens will involve you. It is said that "good things never go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles." All the bad things others do in your name will be attributed to you. Even if you go through all the troubles and get cleared in the end, your personal reputation will still be the same no matter what. Being damaged will at least not improve your reputation.
The harm caused by personal information being leaked is very great, and the above is not alarmist.
Network companies, telecom operators, SPs, real estate, property management companies, medical institutions, etc. are the units that should attract special attention.
Anyone who leaks personal information should be punished and dealt with seriously if found. The government can ask the government to establish a "top leader responsibility system" accountability system in these units. Of course, it mainly depends on the public security and other supervisors. Has the department done anything?
For ordinary people, be careful about your personal information and do not tell others at will. It is necessary to be careful at all times.