
Information theft is on the rise. People are particularly vulnerable after natural disasters – Associated Press
Photo: Jewell Baggett walks amidst debris strewn across the yard where her mother’s home had stood, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., after the passage of Hurricane Idalia, on Aug. 30, 2023 Information theft is on the rise. Over 1.1 million people in the U.S. alone reported the crime to the Federal Trade Commission in 2022. When