Internet Banking Tip - Choosing a Secure Password
Choosing a secure password is a matter of creating unlikely letter and number combinations. The more obscure your password, the tougher it will be to crack. 1. Do not use words or phrases that have personal significance. 2. Mix letters, numbers and symbols, and use case sensitivity (upper and lower case letters). This mixture is known as "pseudo-random alpha-numeric combination"; using this, it is almost impossible to "crack" somebody's password. (i.e. instead of "password," try "pAsS34%(6*2woRd," etc.) 3. Find a good way to remember. A good way to do this is to choose the first letters of a sentence that you will remember. e.g. "I have 2 dogs called Rover and Fido" gives: Ih2dcRaF 4. Try to memorize the password, and avoid writing it down. Somebody could very easily find the slip of paper that the password is written on. 5. The longer the better. Don't make a password that's less than 6 characters. Anything less can be cracked from brute force software. 6. Take the street you grew up on, and your first pet/something hard to guess from your past, put a number sign in between, substitute some letters for numbers, and, voila! A great password. For example: Bill grew up on Ocean Avenue, and his first pet was Rocky. His password would be: 0c3an#r0cky You can add random capitals to make it more secure. 7. Do not use the same password for everything. If someone finds this password, they would have access to everything. At the very least, make at least one password for sensitive things (i.e. online banking, etc.) and one for everything else (AIM, email, etc.).
Lost or Stolen Debit Cards:To report a lost or stolen debit card the customer can call 1-800-383-8000.
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