Filing your taxes early is among the top ways the Better Business Bureau says you can avoid becoming a victim of ID theft.

Education software giant PowerSchool has started notifying individuals across the U.S. and Canada whose personal data was compromised in a large-scale cyberatta ...

As tax season gets underway, the Federal Trade Commission is issuing a new warning about evolving identity theft scams, urging taxpayers to stay alert.

The Federal Trade Commission and law enforcement officials created Identity Theft Awareness Week, from Jan. 27 to Jan. 31, as a time to educate, inform and raise awareness of tactics they are ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The Federal Trade Commission got more than a million reports of identity theft last year. Those victims lost more than $10 billion combined. FOX5 wraps up ID Theft ...

How to Report Identity Theft If you suspect your identity has been stolen, your first action should be to freeze your credit to prevent the thief from applying for credit in your name. It's free ...

2025 State of Identity Fraud Report highlights Deepfakes, Workforce fraud and Phishing incidents are on the rise Half of businesses reported a growth in deepfake and AI-generated fraud ...

Look for unexplained withdrawals, charges, and accounts. Review your bank account and credit card statements regularly. Look for unfamiliar charges, accounts, or withdrawals. • ...

The term identity theft is pretty self-explanatory but ... one can access your credit history, and your credit report,” Miller adds. The FTC says you can protect yourself by: Keeping your ...

The Federal Trade Commission is educating consumers on how to protect themselves from identity theft. This can happen to anyone at any time, especially now as tax season gets underway and the risk ...

WASHINGTON – Lina Khan, who until Monday was an aggressive enforcer of antitrust law as the head of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission under former President Joe Biden, will resign from the ...