Articles Tagged with ''identity theft''

Federal authorities in San Antonio, Tex. have uncovered an international theft ring that targeted thousands of veterans and their dependents – taking their personal information to steal millions of dollars in benefits.

The number of identity theft reports shot up from about 86,000 in 2001 to a peak of 490,000 reports in 2015, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

Kaspersky has uncovered a significant rise in the use of malware designed to harvest consumers’ digital data, known as password stealers.

The 2019 Identity Fraud Study, by Javelin Strategy & Research, reveals that complex and sophisticated fraud types remain at elevated levels, despite widespread adoption of anti-fraud measures.

The San Diego County Credit Union announced it set a new Guinness World Record for the most paper shredded in eight hours.

Synthetic identity theft has become the fastest growing type of financial crime in America, according to a new Federal Reserve white paper.

Society’s access to - and reliance on - information is historically unprecedented.

In 2017 the risk of fraud continued to evolve and intensify; identity fraud hit a new all-time high and cyber-enabled fraud accounted for an even greater proportion of the growing problem, according to the 2019 Fraudscape report. 

Age ID, a fake ID scanning app, is being utilized by the Greenville Police Department (GPD), Alcoholic Law Enforcement (ALE) and Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to test the accuracy of the app, according to a news report.