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CNet.com reports that customers of HSBC, Bank of America and Washington Mutual are top targets of identity theft in the banking industry, this was revealed by an investigative study of Chris Hoofnagle, a UC Berkeley Law School researcher.

There were 245,000 identity theft incidents in 2006 according to reports by the Federal Commission. However, names of firms and companies involved were not disclosed. Not until Hoofnagle named them after carefully studying facts and figures.

This news came as a surprise to me since I once heard Capital One and American Express reported a lot of identity theft incidents last year where billions of dollars were involved. On a different note, I hope Hoofnagle’s study raises public’s awareness of the rampant identity thefts happening today. Safeguarding our bank accounts is the prime responsibility of banks but let us do our share in keeping our money safe through responsible banking.

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