As the holiday shopping season quickly approaches, identity thieves are quickly looking for their next victims. In Indiana, government officials are taking steps to stop these thieves in their tracks. Just recently, the state AND rsquo;s Attorney General Greg Zoeller was in Fort Wayne to announce the launch of AND ldquo;Freeze Identity Thieves. AND rdquo;
This program, which is designed to protect consumers who may become victims of identity theft, allows people to freeze their credit online, for free. And it AND rsquo;s been around since 2008. He just figured it out.
This past year, there were reports of more than 400 data breaches in the state, which allowed for the exposure of financial and personal information. In addition, there were more than 1,000 identity theft complaints filed. Zoeller does not want this number to get any higher.
Why is Indiana such a big target? I suspect it AND rsquo;s due to a couple of reasons. First, I think they may simply be a bit behind on the available security upgrades. This is a simple fix, fortunately, as long as the state begins to improve their security policies.Identity Theftidentity fraudidentity protection
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