The States With the Worst Personal Breach Problems
From credit card fraud to identity theft and other forms of personal breach, it’s easy for someone to obtain your information and use it maliciously. Many times, you don’t even know when someone has your information until they purchase something, apply for credit, or open an account in your name. Instances like this, unless caught...
Some stats on Internet Crime
In 2009 the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) Web site received 336,655 complaint submissions. This was a 22.3% increase over 2008. The total dollar loss from all referred cases was $559.7 million with a median dollar loss of $575. One of the more intriguing scams of 2009 was the “Hitman Scam,” a type...