Readers of this blog likely have an interest in personal privacy and security, and take steps to protect themselves from becoming victims of fraud and identity theft. By taking even the most basic steps to safeguard your private information, you make yourself much safer than those who take no precautions. Identity thieves and similar cyber-criminals target the easiest potential victims, going after the "low hanging fruit". These criminals want a quick score, and often won’t take the time to attempt to defeat security precautions. However, no security is perfect and regardless of what safeguards you have in place it is still possible to become a victim of identity theft as a result of having your information compromised in a data breach such as happened with Equifax in 2017, or as happened with the US Government’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in 2015.
If you are the victim of identity theft the Federal Trade Commission has published "Identity Theft: A Recovery Plan" that you can download to help guide you through developing a recovery plan. Additional information is also available on the IdentityTheft.Gov web-site.
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