Identity Theft: Common Sense is not Common

According to statistics and conversations with analysts from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), and members of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Consumer Sentinel Network, global identity theft is most prevalent in the United States with over 780 million identity thefts reported annually. This number is followed by France with over 82 million. It is most common in the District of Columbia, Michigan, Florida, California, and Maryland. Most people do not know they have had their identity stolen. Additionally, many of those that . . .