Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Online ID Theft Worsens, Scares U.S. Bank Customers

A Reuters newswire article by Jonathan Stempel, via eWeek, reports that:

Even as banks and regulators step up efforts to thwart identity theft over the Internet, the worry that fraudsters remain one step ahead is convincing many Americans that banking online is too risky.

At an identity theft forum in New York on Tuesday, security and policy experts said banks are taking appropriate steps to stop online criminals, but that their best efforts—and consumers' own vigilance—may not be enough.

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