How Email Becomes Your Identity (Theft)
source: http://information-security-resources.com/2009/08/17/how-email-becomes-your-identity-theft/
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Your email is as firmly established as an identity as a credit report- it contains details of your finances, address history, and birthday just as a credit report would. Your address book may reveal your mother’s maiden name, and a compromise of the account could easily reveal your tax information or social security number. A compromise of this account could be devastating.
