Wednesday, 30. November 2011
Topic: SECURITY - on November 30, 2011 at 1:58:00 PM CET
Why Your Identity Is Worth $5,000 [INFOGRAPHIC]
Your identity is worth almost $5,000 to a criminal. An estimated 9 million Americans’ identities are stolen each year. And a whopping 43% of theft victims know the criminals who steal their information.
That’s according to this ZoneAlarm infographic, which explains common ways identities are stolen including just how much your identity is actually worth and tips for keeping your information safe.
Identity theft costs each individual victim approximately $4,841. That’s the equivalent of roughly 210 hours of work (at the average national hourly wage). It takes 33 hours on average to solve an identity theft case.
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