18- to 24-year-olds most at risk for ID theft, survey finds - washingtonpost.com

18- to 24-year-olds most at risk for ID theft, survey finds - washingtonpost.com:

By Allison Klein

Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

"Among the common schemes: phishing (in which e-mails direct a victim to fraudulent Web sites that mimic respectable entities, including banks), smishing (in which text messages bait a victim to download malicious spyware), pharming (in which malicious code on computer sends victims to bogus Web sites) and keylogging (in which hidden software monitors victims' keystrokes to collect passwords)."

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Madden pointed to studies that show most people can be identified with three pieces of information: their sex, Zip code and date of birth. And seemingly anonymous profiles that catalogue preferences, such as movie lists on Netflix, can also be used to identify users.