Provided expert commentary to Consumer Affairs for their article on child identity theft .
“Thieves covet the clean slate that a child’s identity provides,” explained Thomas Hyslip, an assistant professor in the cybercrime program at the University of South Florida. “Unlike adults, who often have messy financial histories involving existing debts, missed payments or high debt utilization rates, a child’s credit file is typically blank.”
Read the full article here.
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/finance/how-does-child-identity-theft-occur.html
