Study: One New Identity Fraud Victim Every Two Seconds | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
From www.esecurityplanet.com - February 12, 2014 12:34 PM
Javelin Strategy also reports that one in three people who received a data breach notification in 2013 became a victim of identity fraud.


According to the results of Javelin Strategy & Research's 2014 Identity Fraud Study, there were a total of 13.1 million identity fraud victims in 2013, or one victim every two seconds (h/t Dark Reading).


That's an increase of more than 500,000 fraud victims over the previous year, and the second-highest number since the study was launched in 2006 -- in 2009, the study reported 13.9 million identity fraud victims.