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.
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Identity-Theft