Identity Theft In The Modern Age: An Introduction

 With the proliferation of online transactions, digital banking and cyber misconduct, identity theft has become an increasingly troublesome problem in the 21st century, affecting all but the shrewdest and most reclusive of people. With the advent of the internet, safeguarding oneself from identity theft is not a simple matter of disposing personal information or the like with discretion. With the threat of phishing attacks, malware and hackers looming over the horizon, other precautionary actions are essential to deterring identity theft and with any luck, stopping it cold in its tracks. Yet, even with all of the intricacies of the digital age and the internet, insuring that your credentials are concealed from prying eyes can be quite simple, however the greater part of the preventive measures fall to the users to undertake. The user should keep their anti-virus software up to date, actively search for phishing emails and subsequently delete them, avoid suspicious sites that request an exceedingly large amount of personal credentials, abstain from emailing sensitive personal material, even if the email’s recipient is trusted, and lastly, change passwords at regular intervals.