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12.6 Million Reasons Why Identity Theft Matters

It is no longer a question of if your identity will be stolen -- the only unknown is when it will happen.

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12.6 Million Reasons Why Identity Theft Matters

12.6 Million Reasons Why Identity Theft Matters

It is no longer a question of if your identity will be stolen -- the only unknown is when it will happen.

Adam Levin

Can an Online Alias Protect You From Identity Theft?

Can an Online Alias Protect You From Identity Theft?

Creating an online persona can be one way to help protect yourself against the intrusions of a hyper-connected world.

Gerri Detweiler

Identity Theft Cases Spiked in 2012

Identity Theft Cases Spiked in 2012

Identity theft has been growing in the past decade, and that trend continued in 2012, as millions of people were affected by the crime.

Credit.com

7 Ways to Protect Your Privacy Before Facebook Gets Hacked

7 Ways to Protect Your Privacy Before Facebook Gets Hacked

Here are five things you can do to at least minimize the damage when Facebook gets hacked.

Adam Levin

The 10 Dumbest Risks People Take With Their Smartphones

The 10 Dumbest Risks People Take With Their Smartphones

If you think of your smartphone as just a phone, rather than a very powerful mini computer that happens to make phone calls, you may be cruising for a world of pain.

Adam Levin

5 Things to Do Immediately If Your Identity Is Stolen

5 Things to Do Immediately If Your Identity Is Stolen

There are several things you should do if your identity is stolen, but here are the very first five actions to take.

Jeanne Kelly

9 Ways Disconnecting Doesn't Make You Any Safer

9 Ways Disconnecting Doesn't Make You Any Safer

There were so many implications to being offline and relatively isolated at an altitude of 37,000 feet, and they all center around the security of the no-tech environment. But is it that safe?

Adam Levin

Four Ways Identity Theft Can Affect Your Credit

Four Ways Identity Theft Can Affect Your Credit

In theory, identity theft should not have an ongoing impact on your credit reports or scores. But the reality can be much different.

Gerri Detweiler

Congress' Profound Failure on Cybersecurity (And Why You Should Care)

Congress' Profound Failure on Cybersecurity (And Why You Should Care)

On August 2, 2012 Congress did it again. They acknowledged the looming threat of cyberwarfare while discussing the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, which they then killed.

Adam Levin

The Wisconsin Department of Revenue: A Bargain for the Identity Theft Collective

The Wisconsin Department of Revenue: A Bargain for the Identity Theft Collective

The Wisconsin Dept of Revenue revealed it had accidentally made public 110,795 Social Security numbers and tax ID numbers of Wisconsin residents.

Adam Levin

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