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Souper d’Halloween
Le club Amitié sans frontière organise un souper d’Halloween, le 25 octobre, au Centre communautaire de Grenville, 21, Tri-Jean à Grenville. Masqué ou costumé. RSVP : Marie-Claire Champagne au 819 242-2622.
Souper fèves au lard Plantagenet
Un souper fèves au lard et macaroni, organisé par les Chevaliers de Colomb, le 25 octobre et le 22 novembre, de 17 h à 19 h, à la salle communautaire de Plantagenet. INFO : Rhéo Gratton au 613-673-4643.
Whist militaire à Grenville
Le club Amitié sans frontière organise un Whist militaire, le 27 octobre, au Centre communautaire de Grenville, 21, Tri-Jean à Grenville, à 13 h 30. RSVP : Jacinthe Berniquez au 819 242-1963 ou MarieClaire Champagne au 819 242-2622.
RSVP Pèlerinage
Un pèlerinage s’organise pour Medjugorje, à l’école de Marie, du 5 au 20 mai 2020, avec l›abbé Albert Kaumba et M. Pierre Beaulne. Information: 613-632-2456
Club de bridge
Rencontre le mercredi à 18 h 45 à La Légion canadienne, 152, rue Nelson, Hawkesbury.
Police believe if people knew more about how cybercriminals work there would be fewer problems with identity theft and other cyber crimes.
The OPP want more people to understand how cybercriminals think and plan their crimes. That includes understanding the weaknesses they focus on when they target someone: gullibility, greed, complacency, and ignorance.
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Cybersecurity, advised OPP, begins with simple commonsense rules for dealing with personal and business email.
“Use strong passwords for email accounts,” stated the OPP advisory. “That means using both capital and lower-case letters in the password and also including random numbers and special symbols like #, @, %, or &, to make the password more difficult for a hacker to predict. Change the password on a regular basis.”
Other cybersecurity advice includes being alert to any anonymous or unsolicited emails which demand personal information or immediate payment of an alleged bill or account. That includes those who claim to be from the Canadian Revenue Service or Amazon.
Backup all your critical files to an external hard drive or flash drive which is removable. Keep all computer security systems updated. Be careful on social media about sharing any personal information.
Parents should also talk to their children about safe and unsafe use of social media and about cyberbullying. Information to help with those discussions is available at www. cybertip.ca.
Anyone who thinks they may be a victim or target of a cybercriminal should call their local OPP detachment, CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or at p3tips.com, or the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-4958501 or at https://stepstojustice.ca.