Data breach alerts linked to increased risk of ID theft

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.scmagazineus.com/Data-breach-alerts-linked-to-increased-risk-of-ID-theft/article/156376/

Consumers who have received a data breach notification letter are four 
times more likely than others to be the victim of identity theft, 
according to a survey released this week by Javelin Strategy and Research.

Approximately 11 percent of U.S. consumers have received a data breach 
notification letter in the past 12 months with a third of the breaches 
involving Social Security numbers and 15 percent involving ATM PINs, 
according to Javelin's third annual survey of nearly 5,000 U.S. consumers, 
released Tuesday.

Of those who have received a data breach notification letter in the past 
year, 19.5 percent said they were the victims of fraud associated with 
identity theft, compared to 4.3 percent who have not received a 
notification but were victimized.

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