It may be impossible to achieve 100-percent protection against the hacking of your personal computer, phone and other digital devices. Even large companies with cybersecurity departments and deep pockets cannot guarantee invulnerability. Witness the latest corporate hacking, reported last week, in which information about credit-card transactions of some 40 million customers of giant retailer Target apparently were stolen.
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