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identity theft

deliberate use of someone else's identity, usually as a method to gain a financial advantage or obtain credit and other benefits in the other person's name, and perhaps to the other person's disadvantage or loss
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identity theft

Summary

identity theft ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (936 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • identity theft is a type of fraud[2].
  • identity theft is a type of theft[3].
  • identity theft's Commons category is recorded as Identity theft[4].
  • identity theft's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Identity theft[5].
  • identity theft's has contributing factor is recorded as data breach[6].
  • identity theft's ACM Classification Code is recorded as 10003475[7].
  • identity theft's class of object is recorded as identity[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include fraud[2] and theft[3].

Why It Matters

identity theft ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (936 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . utica.edu. utica.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has contributing factor → data breach
    Local thumb → —
    Class of object(s) of occurrence → identity
    Subclass of → fraud, theft
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 26965, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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