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Of those who contacted the ITRC, 35% reported personal information compromise.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
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Attempted misuse largely involved financial accounts (85%).

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
IdentityFinancial

The ITRC saw a 31-percentage-point decrease in reported identity crimes (compromise, theft, and misuse) compared to the previous year.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025

More broadly, 60% of survey respondents are concerned about the impact of AI on the privacy and security of their digital identities.

Okta6/24/2025
ConsumerAI

Job scams dropped by 31 percentage points and totalled 10% of all scam reports

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
IdentityScam

Impersonation scams were the top reported type of scam to the ITRC, showing a 148-percentage-point increase year-over-year.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
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There was a 41-percentage-point decrease in victims reporting their PII was shared in a scam.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
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36% of reports of misuse involved new account creation using an individual’s personal information.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
IdentityPersonal information

51% of impersonation scams impersonated a general business.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
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There was an overall increase in other reported compromises, including a 71-percentage-point rise in reports of stolen documents with personal information.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
IdentityPersonal information

There was a 47-percentage-point increase in reports of account takeover involving person-to-person payment apps.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
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The number of people experiencing multiple identity-related concerns increased year-over-year from 15% to 24%.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025

Of those who contacted the ITRC, 52% reported misuse of their personal information.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
IdentityPersonal information

The number of fraudulent new property leases and rentals reported rose 102 percentage points.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025

Reports of fraudulent federal student loans increased 111 percentage points.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025

51% of impersonation scams impersonated a general business.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
IdentityScam

Of attempted misuse attempts that involved financial accounts, 56% involved credit card accounts.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
IdentityFinancial

21% of impersonation scams impersonated a financial institution.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
IdentityScam

53% of reports of misuse involved account takeover.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
IdentityAccount takeover

Reports of stolen birth certificates spiked 612 percentage points.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
IdentityPersonal information