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- [Instructor] Let's go over

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what is identity theft?

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And to go over this,

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I want to share a really amazing resource

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that the US government
has in their website.

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So if you go to usa.gov/identity-theft

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as I'm showing in the screen,

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basically not only they define

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that identity theft happens

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whenever somebody steals
your personal information

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to commit fraud.

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And I mean, of course they
can use this information

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to do many different things,

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like apply for credit, file taxes,

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get medical services, and so on.

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But they also have different information

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about the warning signs of identity theft,

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potential victims of identity theft,

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and the types of identity theft, right?

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So I'm not gonna go into every
single one of them in here.

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However, you know, it is very, very useful

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to actually know there's
some early warnings

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that you may become aware

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to identify if somebody's potentially,

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you know, doing a social
engineering attack

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for identity theft purposes, right?

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For example, you know,

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you could be a victim if
you received some bills,

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even through the mail for
items that you didn't buy.

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So I'm talking about not only email,

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but regular mail as well, right?

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Debt collections for accounts
that you didn't open,

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denial for loans applications,

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in many cases, actually, nowadays

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if you are ordering something online

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and probably, you know,

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an attacker can impersonate, you know,

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some type of entity like Amazon,

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or, you know, eBay, or, you know,

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wherever you actually go

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and buy your goods and services from,

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they can then start

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either impersonating some type of bill

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or some type of error in an order,

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or even the ability for
you to track an order.

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And then from there,

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steal your personal
information to commit fraud.

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Now, anybody can be a
victim of identity theft

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or a social engineering attack
related to identity theft.

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However, children and seniors

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are the most vulnerable nowadays.

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As a matter of fact, we
actually have a lot of resources

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in this website related
to child identity theft,

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and also information that in many cases,

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senior share their personal information

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with doctors and caregivers,

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and attackers can impersonate, you know,

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those entities as well, right?

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Now there's different
types of identity theft,

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there are tax ID thefts,
medical ID thefts,

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social ID thefts.

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And there are others,

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depending on the geographical
location that you reside.

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Of course, this is a US government site,

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so it's tailored to the US,

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but you may actually
have similar resources

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and invite you to actually
research a little bit,

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obtain information from
your local government.

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Hopefully they have
something similar than this.

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And if not,

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of course you can gather
some really good, useful data

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from this site as well.

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Now, now this website also provides

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a lot of really good information

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on how to prevent identity theft.

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Some of these are very
self explanatory, right?

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Never share your social security number.

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And if you're outside of the US, you know

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anything similar to a
social security number

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or, you know, some
government ID information,

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or birthdays,

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or bank accounts, you know,
that's self explanatory.

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But also pay attention to
your billing cycles, right?

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That's a really good one.

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They also go and suggest

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that you should update
the firewall settings

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or any type of security tools

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that you may have installing your system.

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But also whenever you're
in the public wifi,

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potentially you actually use
a VPN to encrypt your traffic.

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And that actually allows you to protect

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also against man-in-the-middle attack.

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And you're gonna be learning about those

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a little bit later
throughout the presentation

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and the course in here.

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Also review your credit card

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and bank account statements
on a regular basis, right?

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These are all very well
known best practices

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that of course, if you,
you know, maintain it,

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and you follow them regularly,

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it will absolutely help you

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to prevent identity theft attacks, right?

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But again, this is a really good resource,

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at least from usa.gov

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that explains the threat
of identity theft,

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and how to protect against
those type of attacks.