ID Theft Analyst Headline
Ensure your passwords are strong by using upper & lower case letters, numbers and special characters. Change your passwords often.
Current
Insight
Insight
Ensure passwords are sufficiently strong and its advised not to reuse passwords across multiple webservices.
How identities were stolen
90.64% Hackers
4.27% Fraud
3.19% Accidentally made public
1.03% Insider theft
0.64% Theft or loss of computer or drive
0.23% Unknown
ID theft analyst report
Ensure your passwords are strong. Don't use the same password for multiple accounts. If your email account gets hacked, it will be very easy for hackers to gain access to your other online accounts. Change your passwords often.
Industries of ID theft
93% Retail
4% Government
1% Education
1% Information technology
Recent incidents
01- Theft or loss of computer or drive type
- April 11, 2013 date
- Canada Country
- A Canadian financial regulatory authority. industry
- Personal information data type
- 52000 records affected
Recent incidents
02- Accidentally made public type
- April 09, 2013 date
- New Zealand Country
- A payroll company. industry
- Names, phone numbers, transaction numbers. data type
- 3400 records affected
Recent incidents
03- Unknown type
- April 22, 2013 date
- United States Country
- An online gaming service industry
- Service passwords and email addresses. data type
- 0 records affected
Recent incidents
04- Hackers type
- April 26, 2013 date
- United States Country
- Daily deals online company. industry
- Names, birth dates, email addresses, and salted passwords. data type
- 50000000 records affected
Recent incidents
05- Hackers type
- May 07, 2013 date
- United States Country
- A Police Department in the United States. industry
- Names, email addresses, phone numbers and passwords. data type
- 3500 records affected
Recent incidents
06- Accidentally made public type
- April 19, 2013 date
- United States Country
- A Community College in California industry
- Names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. data type
- 100 records affected
Recent incidents
07- Accidentally made public type
- April 15, 2013 date
- United States Country
- A medical center in Indiana. industry
- Social Security numbers and medical information. data type
- 3000 records affected
Recent incidents
08- Theft or loss of computer or drive type
- April 05, 2013 date
- United States Country
- A medical center in Columbia. industry
- Names, birth dates, partial Social Security numbers, and personal medical information. data type
- 7405 records affected
Recent incidents
09- Theft or loss of computer or drive type
- May 06, 2013 date
- United States Country
- A University Medical Center in New York. industry
- Names, birth dates, phone numbers, medical history records. data type
- 537 records affected
Recent incidents
10- Theft or loss of computer or drive type
- May 05, 2013 date
- United States Country
- Public Health Department in California. industry
- Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and medical information. data type
- 2000 records affected