Question

alice notices that her e-mail has been hacked, and she is worried that someone may have access to her passwords for several social networking sites. what should alice do to help prevent this from happening again?

• change her home address
• change her phone number
• report the incident to police
• create new accounts

Explanation:

• Changing home address or phone number is irrelevant to email/social media security.
• Reporting to police is a good step for legal/record - keeping but not a direct prevention measure for future hacking of these accounts.
• Creating new accounts (after securing the hacked email and using strong passwords) can help as the old accounts may be compromised, and new accounts with better security can prevent re - occurrence.

Answer:

C. report the incident to police (Note: There seems to be a mistake in the analysis above. The correct answer should be that creating new accounts is not the best option. The best option is to report the incident to the police as a formal record and also take steps like changing passwords. But among the given options, reporting the incident to the police is the most appropriate action for preventing future incidents in terms of legal and security protocols. However, if we consider the options again, the correct answer is: C. report the incident to police. Wait, actually, the correct approach after a hack is to change passwords, but among the given options, creating new accounts is not the right way as it's not a prevention but a new setup. The correct option is to report the incident to the police. So the answer is C. report the incident to police.)

Wait, no, let's re - evaluate. The problem is about preventing the hacking from happening again. Changing home address (A) and phone number (B) have nothing to do with email/social media security. Creating new accounts (D) is not a prevention measure for the same issue happening again (it's just creating new accounts, but the root cause of how the hack happened isn't addressed by this). Reporting the incident to the police (C) helps in having a record, and the police might be able to take action against the hacker, which can prevent future incidents. So the correct answer is C. report the incident to police.