• In March, 2011 Carnegie Mellon CyLab released a compelling report, "New Evidence Indicates Identity Thieves are Targeting Children for Unused Social Security Numbers."
• The report analyzed more than 4,000 incidents of child identity theft.
• Key findings from the report include:
• Unused Social Security numbers are uniquely valuable as thieves can pair them with any name and birth date.
  • A child’s identity is a blank slate, and the probability of discovery is low, as the child will not be using it for a long period of time. Parents typically don’t monitor their children’s identities.
  • The potential impact on the child’s future is profound; it could destroy or damage a child’s ability twin approval on student loans, acquire a mobile phone, obtain a job or secure a place tlive.
  • The primary drivers for such attacks are illegal immigration (e.g., tobtain false IDs for employment), organized crime (e.g., tengage in financial fraud) and friends and family (e.g., tcircumvent bad credit ratings, etc.).
• The study alsfound that children have 51 times higher attack rates than adults.

Types of Records Involved in Child Identity Theft Cases:

• With Experian’s Family SecureSM feature, members can help protect their minor children from identity theft by closely monitoring their enrolled children's personal information.
  • Family Secure monitors your children’s personal information and your Experian® credit file. You can alsadd a family member or a friend at nadditional cost.
  • With Family Secure monitoring, members receive unlimited Experian® credit reports and scores thelp you stay on top of your credit and protect your identity. We’ll alshelp you resolve the issue in order tmaintain a clean credit slate for your child later in life. Early identity protection can save you and your child from surprises later on in life.