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Identity Fraud Statistics
Globally, customer theft, including shoplifting and organized retail crime, remained the largest source of shrinkage loss in most individual countries, totaling more than $43 billion (41.2% of total shrinkage).
(The Global Retail Theft Barometer (GRTB), November 2008)
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80% of social networking site users would be more careful about the details they put online if they knew the media might use them.
(UK Press Complaints Commission Survey, June 2008)
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637 million Google users are surfing the Internet with a vulnerable Web browser.
(Google, IBM and ETH Zurich study, July 2008)
Approximately 800 vulnerabilities have been discovered in antivirus products.
(n.runs AG research, July 2008)
3,300 laptops go missing across the world's eight largest airports every week, with around six in ten going unclaimed.
(Ponemon Institute Research, July 2008)
42% of data breaches in the U.S. occur due to lost or stolen laptops and other portable data-bearing devices.
(Ponemon Institute Research, July 2008)
Business travelers lose more than 12,000 laptops per week in U.S. airports.
(Ponemon Institute Research, July 2008)
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Julian's First Hint
UPDATE your antivirus, firewall and other security software when updates are available.
Julian's Second Hint
ALWAYS use a CREDIT CARD or a PREPAID CARD when paying for goods and services online.