Medical ID Theft Threat Alive and Kicking

An estimated 1.42 million adults in this country may have experienced some type of fraud involving theft of their medical identification information, a report from the Ponemon Institute claims. "The National Study on Medical Identity Theft" is based on findings from 156,000 people who agreed to discuss identity theft in general. Among those surveyed, 5.8% provided specific details about how they had been hit by medical ID theft. Read the full article. [Computerworld]

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