The percentage of people who report having sensitive...
The percentage of people who report having sensitive personal information stolen is rising, said research released Monday by the Pew Research Center (http://bit.ly/RigxzA). Eighteen percent of online adults said they have had information -- for instance, a Social Security number,…
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credit card number or bank account information -- stolen, Pew said. That’s up from 11 percent in a July survey, Pew said. “Research suggests that young adults and younger baby boomers may have been especially hard hit in the second half of 2013,” said Mary Madden, a senior researcher for the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, in a Monday blog post. However, the percentage of online adults who said they had an email or social networking account compromised stayed static at 21 percent, according to Pew. The numbers released Monday are from a survey of 1,002 adults conducted in January, said Pew.