25 top US Institutions account for 49.9% of identity theft complaints in three months of 2006. Some of the top 5 included Bank of America , AT&T, JP Morgan, Capital One and Citibank.
(University of California report, June 2008)
More than 6,000 identity fraud victims contacted credit information firm Experian last year, compared with 3,500 the year before.
ID THEFT PROTECT - Identity Theft and Identity Fraud
Statistics
30 per cent of internet users have bought goods advertised in spam emails.
(Marshall Research, August 2008)
Spammed malware activity boomed during the month of July, recording a major spike in malicious spam traffic over the month, peaking at 10 million messages logged on 24 July.
(Postini security (Google), August 2008)
US companies spent $6.3 million, or $197 per record, on average in 2007 to recover from data breaches.
(Ponemon Institute Study, August 2008)
95 percent of phishing emails are aimed at banks and credit unions.
(Cyveillance, September 2008)
Fraud losses for online banking are still low - $95 million in 2007 compared with more than $2 billion for credit card fraud.
