"Nondigital, analog theft is main driver in identity theft"

New research from the Center for Identity at UT reveals that the leading sparks behind identity-related crimes surprisingly aren’t correlated with mega-data breaches, but with traditional “analog” theft. This discovery has been outlined in the “2017 Identity Theft Assessment and Prediction Report”, which reveal the processes of identity theft that criminals follow. Reports show that half of the identity theft incidents that occurred between the years of 2006 and 2016, were a result of vulnerabilities stemming from human error, not the exploitation of digital flaws. This article further discusses the findings of this research, including the common scope, origin, and targets behind identity theft cases.

Phys.org reports "Nondigital, analog theft is main driver in identity theft"