February 24, 2010
Credit card fraud was the top complaint when it comes to identity theft, followed by fraud related to government benefits, utilities, phones and loans. [Source: Wired.com]

January 28,, 2010
"America's children are growing up in the center of a technological revolution...they spend more time online, texting, watching TV and movies, and playing video games than they do in school or with their parents." You as a parent need to catch up. But first you should make sure that you understand what they are doing. You also need to be sure that you've protected your own data sufficiently.[Source: Walletpop.com]

October 8, 2009
The Department of Justice said it's the largest number of people ever charged in a U.S. cybercrime case. Officials said the phishing e-mails originated in Egypt and U.S. criminals withdrew $1.5 million from victims' accounts. [Source: NewsFactor.com]

August 27, 2009

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, the man in charge of the nation's money supply, discovered last summer that even he is not immune to the risk of identity theft.

A thief stole his wife's handbag, taking with it a family checkbook, credit cards and her identification. The Federal Reserve Board chairman and his wife, Anna, had to take steps against identity theft after the August 2008 loss. [Source: CNN.com]

August 17, 2009
Three men were indicted for allegedly stealing more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers in what U.S. authorities said they believe is the largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted. [Source: Reuters.com]

August 4, 2009
Data breaches on college campuses are all too common...This could be partly because colleges make an inviting target for identity thieves. Information is decentralized across many locations such as class lists, academic and financial records offices, student organization records, and documents from different departments, and this situation makes campuses uniquely vulnerable to breaches.[Source: BreachCenter.com]

August 4, 2009
The Internal Revenue Service issued an alert about new identity theft scams from fraudsters using the IRS’s name, logo and Web address. [Source: WebCPA.com]

July 6, 2009

Fraudsters are hacking into corporate job sites, e-mailing asa a potential employer, and creating fake job sites to collect personal data. [Source: BusinessWeek]

June 30, 2009
Child identity theft is profitable, hard to detect and a nightmare to recover. Thieves steal a child’s identity early on, nurture it until they have a solid credit score, and then abuse and discard it. [Source: CSIdentity.com]

June 15, 2009
A 2007 federal report on crime -- the most recent year for which data are available -- found that more than 250,000 U.S. residents annually are victims of medical identity theft, the New York Times reports. [Source: iHealthBeat.org]

June 3, 2009
It's now easier than ever to be victim of a crime, particularly identity theft, without even realizing it. Identity thieves snatch tens of billions dollars a year through credit card fraud, either outright, or by selling your card information to other crooks across the globe. The perpetrators come from a loosely organized international underworld working beyond the reach of the law and without limits. [Source: ABCNews.com]

May 29, 2009
"Cyber threats are "one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation. Millions of Americans have been victimized, their privacy violated, their identities stolen, their lives upended, and their wallets emptied," the president said. [Source: NewsFactor.com]

May 28, 2009
President Obama is calling for a so-called "cyber czar" -- one person to oversee America's computer security. The president said Friday that hackers are constantly trying to break into secret government computer networks as well as steal credit card and bank account information. [Source: KVUE.com]

May 22, 2009

It is predicted 15 to 18 million Americans will be victims of some form of identity theft this year. That number will be up from 12 million cases of identity theft last year. CSIdentity Chairman and CEO Bill Morrow said cases of identity theft increase every year: from 300-400 cases a year in the ’80s to 80,000 cases a year in the ’90s. “We believe by the time you’re 40, your identity exists on 100,000 computers around the world,” Morrow said. “Identity theft is the fastest growing and least-risk/highest-reward crime in the world, according to the FBI.” [Source: Community Impact Newspaper]

May 14, 2009

New York City officials busted an international credit card and identity theft ring that ensnared more than 6,000 customers around the world and caused about $15 million in losses. Suspects were accused of shipping stolen or illegally-obtained credit cards to buyers around the world. [Source: Associated Press / Seattle Times]

March/April, 2009

The use of malware on Web sites to steal passwords and other sensitive information is skyrocketing. Cybercriminals continue to increase their activities to levels never before seen. [Source: Entrepeneur.com]

April 14, 2009

Economic woe is leaving more Americans vulnerable to Internet fraud. Not only that, fraudsters are also getting smarter about using what's known as social engineering to induce people to reveal sensitive information. [Source: BusinessWeek.com]

January 16, 2006 (didn't just start recently)

We often hear about the theft of adults' identities and the nightmares that can cause for the victims. But flying under the radar is another type of identity theft that's potentially every bit as harmful, if not more: the swiping of the IDs of children. According to the Federal Trade Commission, 400,000 children have their IDs stolen each year.

April 13, 2009

One economy apparently isn't hurting these days -- the one run by identity thieves in the dark corners of the Internet. [Source: MSNBC.com]