stuff.co.nz has posted some tips for protecting yourself from being hacked.

The top tips are:

• Do use strong passwords.
• Don’t use the same password for everything.
• Do make multiple back-ups of precious files.
• Don’t use the same email address for everything.
• Don’t use the one social service to log into everything.
• Don’t choose easy-to-answer security questions.
• Do enable two-factor authentication.

You can read more over at stuff.co.nz