A new report from the Identity Theft Resource Center reveals alarming new information about the financial and emotional toll ...

Thirty percent of credit card holders think their identities will be stolen in the future, according to a new report. The younger the consumers questioned, the more likely they were to say they had a ...

"Identity theft is not a joke, Jim! Millions of families suffer every year!" - Dwight Schrute's dramatic outburst in The Office, which is completely in character for the Battlestar Galactica fan, was ...

Identity theft can happen quickly and quietly. A stolen Social Security number, a misused credit card, a fake address tied to your name—it’s possible for someone to impersonate you without leaving any ...

Every few months, we hear about another data breach that exposes the personal information of millions of people. But the most recent discovery is massive. Security researchers uncovered a staggering ...

An identity theft protection service can’t prevent criminals from stealing your information, but it can alert you to their activities and warn you if your data has been exposed online. Credit services ...

Identity theft reports topped 1.1 million in 2024, with losses over $43 billion. Lock down personal data by limiting online ...

The federal government has long struggled with technology and is far behind private industry in using data to prevent fraud and payment errors. The Computer Matching Act of 1988 is one of the biggest ...

Convicted identity thief shares a few of her favorite targets. — -- There’s no better way to ask how someone’s identity can be stolen than by asking an identity thief herself. So that’s exactly ...

Learn how to protect yourself and others from identity theft and other scams Sept. 3 in Park Ridge. Representatives of Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office will lead a presentation on ...