Consumer fear of identity- and credit-card theft over the Internet continues to escalate. Yet analysts and retailers continue to assert that the risk is minimal. The bigger fear, say analysts, should be of an inside job.
Many of the recent thefts “have been crimes committed by employees of companies that have legitimate access to personal data, that decide to use it for their own gains,” Christian Byrnes, senior vice president of technology research services at Meta Group, told NewsFactor.
In an effort to ascertain actual theft risk associated with ordering online, NewsFactor conducted an informal test of the Web. The findings were alarming: Basically, anybody who can use Google can get access to credit-card and personal-identification information.
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