Recovering from identity theft is a long process. While you should immediately mitigate the damage, long-term actions will ...

Eva Velasquez, CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center, said a major factor behind that increase is the growing ...

If you have identity theft protection for your business, you should contact the servicer first for assistance on how to move ...

Identity theft tied to major data broker breaches has cost Americans more than $20 billion over the past decade, according to a 2026 report from the U.S. Senate Joint Economic Committee. That figure ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Identity Theft Resource Center 2025 Annual Data Breach Report: Record Number of Data Compromises in 2025; 79 Percent ...

Theft using synthetic identities now accounts for 11 percent of all reported fraud, making it the fastest-growing fraud type ...

Identity theft has evolved far beyond stolen wallets and phishing emails. Criminals are now using an ever-increasing variety of tools that include AI-powered scams and deepfake videos to open accounts ...