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Hackers become interested in childrens online identities

Monday 25 May 2015 10:03 CET | News

Adults should be more concerned about their child’s identity being hacked and acquired through data breaches, recent reports show.

According to an ID Analytics research, more than half a million identities of kids were stolen in the US. When hackers gain access to a child’s personal information, it does not just provide access to Social Security numbers in health insurance and other breaches, but it allows cyber criminals to get a hold of a child’s identity, which may also be a threat to their security.

Yahoo! Finance also reports that identity theft is apparently the fastest growing crime in the US because of how difficult it is to solve these cases.


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Keywords: cyber-attacks, cyberfraud, web fraud, online security, cyber-security, data privacy, digital identity
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