Forbes November 24, 2025
Your security credentials are at risk. You know this, and you see weekly warnings to change passwords, to enable two-factor authentication, to add passkeys. Data breaches are painful but passwords can be changed. Unfortunately, your identity is also at risk from cyber criminals. And that’s much harder to fix if the worst happens.
The New York Times warns that “thousands of undocumented workers rely on fraudulent Social Security numbers,” data harvested from the raft of online breaches. “The government estimates that as many as one million undocumented workers are using fraudulent or stolen Social Security numbers.”
And that’s the tip of the iceberg. Estimates now put the overall cost of cybercrime at $10.5 trillion. Yes, trillion. That’s not a typo...
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