Before we created bSafe anti-scam, we have had the gut-wrenching experience of being remotely accessed.

Our passwords were stolen from a hacked website and a scammer was able to hijack our desktop systems using the popular TeamViewer application.

We didn’t do anything particularly wrong.

By the time we realised they had been on the computer for over 40 minutes checking for saved passwords. They had opened banking websites, PayPal, email sites, our documents and pictures folders. We literally have no idea how much data they stole.

The cost to recovery was huge, all of our systems had to be wiped clean and checked over with a fine-tooth comb to make sure there were no backdoor entrances created for them to get back in.

We had to start from scratch including new credit cards and alerting the bank, PayPal etc. as well as changing every single password we could remember. An absolute nightmare and very costly.

We learnt a lot from being the victims of a remote access scam.

Without that experience bSafe anti-scam may never have come into existence and for that we’re grateful.

We’ve had the pleasure of being able to help many people to prevent similar scams.

We love being contacted by our customers letting us know that our software stopped a remote access attempt, the customer wasn’t sure if they were doing the right thing and bSafe confirmed their suspicion.

Our roadmap is already set out for the next 10 years we want to prevent 1 million remote access scams. We’re already planning new tools and solutions to support in other types of scams, not just remote access.