AIP found that as the pandemic sent more Americans online, cybercriminals took advantage of the opportunity. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans used the internet more frequently and for more purposes than ever before, while cybercriminals took the chance to steal identities for unemployment fraud. The simple fact that people were using the internet so often and broadly opened many doors to criminals. According to Allstate Identity Protection (AIP) data, unemployment fraud took off by over 17,000 percent year over year, a staggering figure to say the least.…
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