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FTC: identity theft complaints up 20 percent in 2008
Posted on Feb 26, 2009 by Tom Fragala
The FTC just released their 2008 report on identity theft called "Consumer Sentinel Network Complaint Data Book". Dark Reading says this FTC report shows that identity fraud complaints increased 20 percent from 2007 to 2008 and remains the top consumer complaint. No surprise there.
The DR piece goes on to say that Tom Rusin of Affinion Security Center, a leading provider of identity protection and data breach services, believes "the jump may be due to several factors, including the high number of enterprise breaches last year, as well as fallout from the financial crisis."
Also, Arizona is still #1 for ID theft per capita, followed by California, Florida and Texas.
Filed under: Identity Theft
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