After · take back control, then keep it
After the incident: the checks to finish
The checks below are split into three stages: today, this week and in a month. They cover your accounts, your devices, your bank, your formal steps and watching for new signs.
We will never ask for your codes, passwords, codes received by text or card number.
You don’t have to do everything at once
“After” is not a sprint. Check, then build the habits that protect you. Take what applies to you, at your own pace.
Make sure nothing has been left open
An account can look recovered while a discreet setting still leaves the door ajar. Do this round of checks once, from a trusted device.
The points to check again
- Active sessions and devices connected to your accounts: sign out anything you don’t recognise
- Forwarding rules and redirects in your email (they sometimes copy your emails elsewhere)
- Recovery addresses and numbers, security questions
- Two-factor authentication properly turned back on for your key accounts
- Payees, limits and alerts at your bank
Go through everything without forgetting anything
The security check-up in your Galyct Perso space takes you through this check, item by item, and tells you what is left to do. Nothing technical: simple questions, boxes to tick, and a clear list of priorities.
Three changes that protect you most
You don’t need to become an expert. These three habits, set up once, shut the door on the vast majority of everyday attacks.
A unique password for each account
A long, different password for each service, stored in a password manager protected by a single strong master password. No more codes reused everywhere.
Two-factor authentication
Turn on 2FA for your important accounts (an app or a key rather than texts) and keep your recovery codes somewhere safe. Then even a stolen password is no longer enough.
Recent backups
Two copies of your irreplaceable data, one of them offline. Test a restore: a backup that has never been tested is not really a backup.
Protect your email first
Your email can reset almost all your other accounts. It is your safe: a unique password, 2FA, and a check of the forwarding rules.
Want the detail, item by item? You’ll find everything in Protect yourself and our step-by-step guides.
Keep an eye out, without thinking about it all the time
After an incident, vigilance shouldn’t turn into anxiety. A few settings do the work for you, and only alert you if something is wrong.
Bank alerts
Turn on payment notifications and a suitable limit. You see every transaction in real time and can react immediately.
Sign-in alerts
Most accounts warn you about an unusual sign-in. Keep these alerts on: they are often the first sign of a new attempt.
Monitor your data
Check whether your email address appears in known data leaks and change the passwords concerned without delay. A reflex to repeat from time to time.
A rhythm, not a chore
Your Galyct Perso space offers you a simple routine: a few well-spaced reminders to keep your accounts and devices up to date, without having to think about it.
The signs that should alert you
Once you have been targeted, you can be targeted again, sometimes by the same people, using your information. Here is what should make you doubly careful.
Does a message or a call seem suspicious? Have it checked before you act →
Getting back on your feet after the incident
These frauds are designed to fool everyone, including careful, well-informed people. Move forward at your own pace: an expert can stay by your side for as long as you need.
Useful numbers to keep close to hand
Free and official. If someone is in immediate danger, dial 112.
Cybermalveillance.gouv.fr lists other official procedures and contacts depending on your situation.
Keep going, at your own pace
Three doors depending on where you are. Nothing is compulsory: you decide what you need.
Protect yourself, item by item
The complete prevention guide: passwords, email, devices, backups, banking and privacy.
See prevention → If it happens againImmediate reflexes
The first right steps if there is a new attempt, in order, without making things worse.
Review the reflexes → Step by stepThe detailed guides
Turning on 2FA, choosing a password manager, backing up: every step explained simply.
Open the guides →Strengthen a lot, guarantee never
No protection is absolute: no serious professional promises an “unbreakable” account or a risk wiped out 100%. These steps greatly reduce the chances of it happening again, and save you precious time if it does. Our assistant relies on analysis carried out in the European Union, under human supervision: it does not replace an emergency service, a lawyer or a forensic expert, and it will never ask for your codes. No result is guaranteed.
Unsure what is still left to secure? Let’s take stock together.
The diagnosis is free and needs no sign-up. In a few minutes, you’ll know what is already in order and what still deserves your attention, then you decide whether you want our help.