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More of us say we’ve been victims of information theft
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/04/15/3149846/more-of-us-say-weve-been-victims.html?sp=/99/261/More of us say we’ve been victims of information theft
By BREE FOWLER
The Associated Press
April 15, 2014
NEW YORK — The number of Americans who say they’ve had important personal information stolen online is on the rise, according to a Pew Research Center report released Monday.
According to the survey conducted in January, 18 percent of online adults have had personal information stolen such as their Social Security number, credit card or bank account information. That’s up from 11 percent in a July 2013 Pew survey.
The number of adults who had an online account compromised or taken over without their permission — such as email or social media — remained flat at 21 percent.
The survey was done after news broke of Target Corp.’s massive pre-Christmas data breach, but well before last week’s discovery of the Heartbleed bug, which has caused widespread worry across the Internet.
