40pc of Americans* cautious with emails
 

WASHINGTON: Forty percent of Americans say they are more cautious about what they write in emails since last year’s cyber attacks against the Democratic Party, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday.

The March 11-20 opinion survey showed that a sizable mi**rity of Americans made personal changes to how they interact online following the hacking of emails during the 2016 US presidential campaign, which were later published by WikiLeaks and other entities.

Among respondents, 45 percent said they had changed their online passwords since the hacks.

US intelligence agencies believe Russia orchestrated the disclosure of the emails to embarrass the campaign of Democratic presidential **minee Hillary Clinton and help Republican Donald Trump win.

The emails also led to the ouster of Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Moscow denies the allegations.

Concerns about online security crossed party lines, with 43 percent of Democrats and 40 percent of Republicans saying they had been more cautious about personal email since the election hacking.

"It makes you start to wonder how secure anything is as far as your own privacy," said Delene Rutledge, 67, a retired teacher in Indiana who participated in the poll. "And yet I’m **t the greatest at coming up with great passwords - I’m **t sure it would make any difference.



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