The Identity Theft Crisis

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The crisis of identity theft has dramatically increased due to people using their credit cards on the internet. Hackers are tapping into large corporations and gaining access to millions of people’s credit card information (Bray and Yadron 2). One’s identity is never safe and can be stolen easier than they may think. As identity theft rates increase, it becomes more dangerous. The government, along with many large corporations, are working to on ways to prevent identity theft from taking place. Before most of internet shopping, identity theft was never as big as a problem. Now that the internet marketplace has become so big, it has also become a huge target for identity thieves. Most believe that identity theft will not happen to them, when in reality it is an extremely dangerous thing, increasing at a high rate and could happen to anybody at any time.
In today’s society, identity theft happens more than ever. In 2011, identity theft increased thirteen percent. This affected 11.6 million adults. There were SSIDs and credit card accounts all stolen through social networks (Veen 20+). This proves how unsafe that the internet is for one’s credit card. Identity theft has been happening more and more often. Brigitte Acoca states, “Identity theft is the fastest growing crime of the 21st century” (Stein 68). When a crime is growing that fast that makes the crime a greater marketplace for criminals. The more criminals committing the crime, the greater likeliness of one’s identity being stolen.
Identity theft doesn’t just happen through the internet. It can also happen through third-party operators. Often people receive miscellaneous phone calls from third party operators that ask for their credit card number or SSID. If the “victim” c...

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