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2026 May Become an Ominous Year for ID Theft; The Number of Victims Already Exceeds 2025s Total
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2026 May Become an Ominous Year for ID Theft; The Number of Victims Already Exceeds 2025s Total
Identity theft appears to be, unfortunately, having a banner year. The total number of victims—471.2 million—in the first six months of 2026 is 58% greater than the total for all of 2025, 297.5 million, finds the Identity Theft Resource Center. And the number of data breaches has soared, too. In the first six months of 2026 there have been 1,803 incidents, up 4.1% from 1,732 in the same period in 2025. There were 387 data-theft incidents in the …
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