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April 24, 2008

"Despite increased public awareness of the impact that identity theft can have on customers, many firms are still not taking this risk seriously."

- PHILIP ROBINSONdirector of financial crime and intelligence at the Financial Services Authority, after a review found banks and insurance companies lacking data security
April 11, 2008

"The IRS has no idea how many cases of identity theft exist."

- NINA OLSONhead of the IRS Taxpayer Advocate office, who reported to Congress early this year that identity theft has emerged as one of the top problems facing taxpayers
November 28, 2006

"'Cyber Monday,' of course, followed by 'Identity Theft Tuesday.' "

- Jon Stewarton "Cyber Monday" being the biggest online shopping day of the year

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