Europe was responsible for 44.7% of the 26 billion messages quarantined by AppRiver.
(AppRiver, Threat & Spamscape Report (Jan-June))
30% of 1,000 UK people surveyed are extremely concerned about ID theft with travel coming in highly behind gambling, government and retail as industries raising the most concern.
ID THEFT PROTECT - Identity Theft and Identity Fraud
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80 per cent of respondents said that security is an important element of banking transactions completed over the phone, and 74 per cent stated that they have been more careful with their personal information in the past 12 months.
(SpeechStorm survey, July 2008)
Figures for the past 12 months show that 1010 people have fallen victim to identity fraud in South Africa.
(Southern African Fraud Prevention Service, July 2008)
Britons' top safety concerns, ID theft came top with 43 per cent of the vote, beating yob culture (41 per cent), being mugged or attacked (32 per cent) and burglary, also at 32 per cent.
(American Express insurance services survey, July 2008)
UK small business owners are particularly concerned about the threat of their identity being stolen, with more than half (51 per cent) worried about the effect this could have.
(American Express insurance services survey, July 2008)
A laptop is stolen every 53 seconds. If we all engaged in laptop theft, after approximately 264 steals, one would have stolen back their own laptop.
