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Medical Identify Theft Skyrockets, According To Latest Study

Published on Fri Mar 20, 2015

Medical identity theft can be just as devastating — if not more so — as any other type of personal data theft. And according to a new report, medical identity theft is skyrocketing. The Medical Identity Fraud Alliance (MIFA) recently released its “2014 Fifth Annual Study on Medical Identity Theft,” which measures the prevalence, extent and impact of medical identity [...]
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