As more and more of our financial transactions take place online, our laptops and desktops are loaded with incredibly sensitive information – social security numbers, tax filings, banking passwords, credit card numbers, medical records and more. This manifests in an alarming trend, discovered by IdentityTruth– in 2009, reported cases of stolen computers have more than doubled over 2008.
Additional surprising trends uncovered by IdentityTruth’s research:
o Hacking is UP: Think that cryptic passwords and anti-virus software keep you safe? Think again. Today’s identity thieves use software that monitors keystrokes and sends passwords to remote locations, and even devices that allow for remotely copying an individual’s desktop within a certain range! IdentityTruth’s data collected over the course of the year from all the reported data breaches shows that cases of hacking have more than doubled for 2009 (vs. 2008).
o Phishing is DOWN: There is a reason why you haven’t heard from the Prince of Namibia in a while – IdentityTruth’s research points to a significant decrease in phishing emails as thieves are finding new, more effective ways to perpetrate fraud.
o Social Networking increases risk: Consumers regularly share personal information – including date of birth, home addresses, vacation dates and typical password retrieval prompts like “pet’s name” and “city of birth”- on social networking sites, and identity thieves are taking notice. As these sites have given rise to an ocean of valuable personal data, IdentityTruth’s data points to a 50% increase over the past year, in cases of web-generated identity theft.
0 Returning to the classics: IdentityTruth’s data points to a 100% increase in snail-mail based fraud – a special warning for consumers who may be unassuming of low-tech tactics. Diverting a person’s mail is a relatively easy way to acquire valuable personal information.
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