The ripple effect of Identity Theft and tools to detect it

摘要

Since 2005, more than 675 millionrndata records have been involvedrnin data breaches in the US alone,rnaccording to the Identity TheftrnResource Center. These recordsrninclude incredibly personal datarnsuch as a person’s Social Securityrnnumber, name, address, phonernnumber, credit card number, namernof local bank branch and so on.rnData thieves sell this information tornaggregators, who cross-referencernand compile full identities – calledrn“fullz” on the data black market.rnThis increases the value and usefulnessrnof the stolen data, whichrnmay have been gathered fromrnmultiple data breaches.