It's ironic that just last weekend, I wrote about the high cost of cybercrime in my On The Money column last weekend. While banks have a responsibility to protect their customers from the likes of phishing (bogus, but realistic-looking websites set up to "lure" people into revealing their user names and passwords), online scams and card fraud, I lectured, we, the people also were responsible for protecting ourselves. I'd like to think I'm pretty aware of the dangers of cybercrime and have managed to avoid getting stung by Nigerian e-mail fraudsters and other ruses to get my personal information. Unfotunately, 65 per cent of adults worldwide who use the internet were a victim of cybercrime last year, according to the Norton Cybercrime Report 2011. So the chances of joining this group are quite high if you are not on your guard. Now back to the irony. Personal Finance's Twitter account @TheNationalPF was hacked at the weekend. Fortunately, Twitter's support guys stepped in when they realised our account had been taken over and changed our password for us while we (blissfully) slept. @TheNationalPF is back to normal now, but our awareness of just how easily this can happen to anybody has grown considerably. And all we can say is be on your guard - it could happen to you just as easily as it happened to us. Follow us on Twitter @TheNationalPF