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Most frequent forms of data theft in the United States 2016

Share of adults in the United States who have experienced selected forms of data theft as of May 2016

The data displays the share of adults in the U.S. who had fallen victim to a one or more selected forms of data theft as of May 2016. As of the survey period, 41% of respondents had noticed fraudulent charges on their credit card.

Noticed fraudulent charges on their credit card	41
Received a notice that personal inforrmation had been compromised	35
Had their email account taken over without permission	16
Received notice their social security number was compromised	15
Had a loan or line of credit taken out in their name	14
Had their social media account taken over without permission	13
Had a tax refund taken out in their name	6
Any of these	64

Most frequent forms of data theft in the United States 2016

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