Identity theft remains a rising issue for consumers. In the first three quarters of 2025, the Federal Trade Commission ...

The seven types of identity theft are financial, medical, tax, employment, child, criminal and synthetic.

Employment-related identity theft happens when someone uses your personal information, commonly a Social Security number, to get hired for jobs and earn income illegally. In many cases, victims don't ...

The credit reporting company TransUnion holds our intimate financial details. Until recently, its customer service hotline also left an opening for impostors to potentially take over our private ...

When we think about identity theft, generally adults come to mind — a charge on a credit card in a state you've never visited ...

Identity theft linked to major data broker breaches has cost Americans more than $20 billion over the past decade, according to a U.S. Senate report.