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Cybersecurity reports and statistics published by Identity Theft Resource Center

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Recent Statistics & Reports

51% of impersonation scams impersonated a general business.

6/24/2025
IdentityScamImpersonation scam

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

6/24/2025
IdentityFinancial

21% of impersonation scams impersonated a financial institution.

6/24/2025
IdentityScamImpersonation scam

53% of reports of misuse involved account takeover.

6/24/2025
IdentityAccount takeover

Reports of stolen birth certificates spiked 612 percentage points.

6/24/2025
IdentityPersonal information

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

6/24/2025
Identity

Attempted misuse largely involved financial accounts (85%).

6/24/2025
IdentityFinancial

63% of respondents reported having serious concerns about providing biometric information.

5/20/2025
Biometrics

87% of respondents were asked to provide a biometric identifier to verify their identity in the past year.

5/20/2025
Biometrics

36% of respondents did not believe biometric use should be banned.

5/20/2025
Biometrics

Among respondents 60+ years old (~49%), the number of people who would not ban biometrics was significant

5/20/2025
Biometrics

Two-thirds of respondents agreed that biometrics can reduce identity crimes.

5/20/2025
Biometrics

Among younger respondents (~45%), the number of people who would ban biometrics was significant.

5/20/2025
Biometrics

Among men (~54%), the number of people who would ban biometrics was significant.

5/20/2025
Biometrics

91% of respondents provided a biometric identifier even if they had concerns about doing so.

5/20/2025
Biometrics

39% of respondents believed biometric use should be banned.

5/20/2025
Biometrics

Among women (~39%), the number of people who would not ban biometrics was significant.

5/20/2025
Biometrics

Excluding the six mega-breaches, the number of victim notices in 2024 decreased by 36% compared to 2023.

1/1/2025

At least 196 compromises and more than 1.2 billion victim notices could have been prevented with better cyber practices.

1/1/2025

74% of the breach organisations did not list an attack vector in a breach notice.

1/1/2025

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