Even though the Identity Theft Resource Center reported fewer identity crime cases between 2024 and 2025, the number of ...

Two-thirds of consumers are most comfortable with AI helping perform functions like fraud detection, tracking spending and ...

If you have an identity theft protection plan, your provider should be able to guide you through many of the following steps.

According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), its Consumer Sentinel Network received almost 6.5 million reports in 2024 — ...

Credit services, such as three-bureau monitoring and credit score simulators or trackers, often show up in more expensive identity theft protection plans only. According to Javelin’s 2024 Identity ...

Most U.S. data breach disclosures explain what information was leaked and any protective steps available to consumers. At the federal level, the Federal Trade Commission advises that after a breach ...

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GREENSBORO, N.C. — "There's no morality here that scammers are not going to do that to kids. Kids are just as much of a target, if not more so," said Eva Velasquez, CEO, Identity Theft Resource Center ...

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...