Businesses easy targets for identity thieves

Business easy target for identity thieves Australian businesses are placing their customers and staff at risk of identity fraud through the sloppy handling of sensitive personal information, Crime Stoppers Australia has warned. Speaking ahead of National Identity Fraud Awareness Week, which runs from October 5 to 11, the chairman of Crime Stoppers Australia, Peter Price, urged businesses to treat customer applications and records as carefully as they would cash and pin numbers. “We know of