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Having your identity stolen is a catastrophe. You can lose your reputation, your credit rating, your money, your home or even be accused of fraud yourself<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To victims, ID theft feels like a single, earth-shattering event. But it\u2019s likely that the hacker has been stealing different aspects of your identity over time.<\/p>\n

Your name, address, email address, phone number, bank account number, passport number, medical records and log-in credentials are all valuable bits of information to hackers. Combined, they may be enough for a digital hit on you and your bank account.<\/p>\n

In the latest Unseen Money podcast, Timur Yunusov and I explore the \u201cpersonally identifiable information\u201d or \u201cPII\u201d that enables hackers to impersonate and rob us.<\/p>\n

PII is now traded amongst fraudsters as a commodity. But what kind is most valuable to criminals? Where do they get it? How do they use it in scams? Once we\u2019ve lost our PII, is there anything we can do?<\/p>\n

Listen to the latest New Money Review podcast<\/a> with me and security researcher Timur Yunusov for more.<\/p>\n

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From economics to payments, financial markets, technology, law, digital assets, crime and fraud, you’ll find an episode that interests you.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Having your identity stolen is a catastrophe. You can lose your reputation, your credit rating, your money, your home or even be accused of fraud yourself. 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