I actually believe that the 1 in 3 is pretty close despite the actual report
cases. Why you may ask?
This is a crime ideally executed when intended target is more than an
acquaintance, and likely a relative.
Moreover, with the enactment of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, credit
reporting agencies quickly started
Co-mingle credit, debit and employment information for parents and children,
siblings, etc., and a particular
Nasty little trick, attaching a deceased parents still accruing debt to
adult child without any prior cooperative
Credit agreements between either party.
-----Original Message-----
From: listbounce@securityfocus.com [mailto:listbounce@securityfocus.com] On
Behalf Of Saqib Ali
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 11:41 PM
To: security-basics; cryptography@metzdowd.com
Subject: 1 in 3 US residents are potential identity theft victim?
not really. however Privacy Rights Clearinghouse reports that
100,000,000 personal records have ended up in criminal hands since
2005. See:
http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/chrondatabreaches.htm
That does not mean 100 million people have become victims of identity
theft. And there is no reason to believe that these records have ended
someone's hand who plans to abuse them.
But with US population of 295,734,134 (CIA numbers) there is good
chance that one of friend is a potential identity theft victim.
saqib
http://www.full-disk-encryption.net
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