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Army striving to combat identity theft

Feb- 1-2004 » Filed Under: Announcements

For OPSEC purposes we should all read this article.

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By Andrea Takash

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jan. 30, 2004) – The Army is working to ensure that thieves can’t steal the personal information of Soldiers, their families and Army civilians.

Over the past five years, 27 million American adults have been victims of identity theft, according to the Federal Trade Commission’s 2003 Identity Theft Survey Report...

Three common ways of stealing identities exist. “Most identity thieves take personal information out of mailboxes or trash cans,” Anzulewicz said. However, the Internet is a growing outlet for criminals, he said “People give their personal information away everyday on the Internet,” Anzulewicz said.

He said Soldiers and their families can protect themselves from identity theft by being cautious of giving out their personal information.

Read the whole thing, as they say.


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