Top internet safety group Get Safe Online have released a report that says that internet fraudsters are selling complete financial information for British citizens for just £80 online. The data that is sold includes names and addresses as well as confidential data such as passport numbers and bank and credit card details.
The report, which is part of a week giving details of how to protect your identity online, comes as figures suggest that up to 6 out of 10 people now use the internet to manage their finances. Get Safe Online, which is backed by the government, banks and police, said that identity theft is now a serious problem and that the public needed to do more to prevent so called ‘e-crime’.
Get Safe Online has estimated that half of the UK’s computer users are at risk of id theft, because they do not use any defensive measures like firewalls or software to identify malicious programs. Experts have also warned that many users have the same password for their login details, which makes it easier for their data to be collected by data fraudsters.
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