You don’t have to look very long to find a cybecrime or identity theft story these days. The two fastest crimes in the world today appear to be escalating at an ever faster rate.Cybercrime and identity theft articles are everywhere.
Every day new cybercrime or identity theft articles are released in publications and on the Internet. Lately, we are hearing how vulnerable our government is, how malware like Conficker is infecting computers around the world and how fast identity theft is growing and impacting millions of innocent people.The world is becoming a more dangerous place to live even when we are at home and have our doors and windows locked and the blinds pulled down.
The world is becoming a harder place to stay safe and away from the criminals who are after our personal information and our money.Unfortunately, our personal information is everywhere including our doctors and hospital, insurance agencies, credit card companies, banks, mortgage companies, utility companies, and a lot more.
We are vulnerable to all forms of identity theft including medical fraud, drivers licenses, social security benefits fraud, Federal and State tax fraud, passports, 401k, bankruptcy and a whole lot more.
Identity theft increased by 22 percent from 2007 to 2008. One-point-eight million more Americans were impacted by identity theft in 2008 than a year earlier. Total number impacted rose to nearly ten million Americans costing them them $48 billion according to the report.
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