A credit monitoring service can notify you when a credit application has been made in your name. Here are our favorites.

Money’s top picks for identity theft protection services.

Your credit score is an important part of your financial life. It determines whether you can borrow money and how much you pay when you do. Monitoring your score can help you fight fraud, correct ...

Your credit report plays a central role in determining your credit score, which may impact your eligibility for loans, financing or even housing. As such, it’s extremely important that your credit ...

As of 2023, Federal Trade Commission data reported that consumers lost over $10 billion due to identity theft and fraud. And even if you’ve been lucky enough to evade identity theft thus far, just ...

Were you one of the nearly 148 million consumers affected by the 2017 Equifax data breach? You may have taken advantage of Equifax's free one-year offer of their TrustedID Premier service, extended to ...

With a background in journalism and counseling, Penny Min blends analytical research with real-world insight to help readers make informed financial decisions. At Forbes Marketplace, she specializes ...

Go to a party and I bet you that someone there has been a victim of identity theft in recent years. This isn't some nuisance crime. Victims can spend countless hours and sometimes hundreds or ...

One of the three major credit bureaus has fallen victim to a cyberattack that exposed the personal data of more than 4.4 million Americans. TransUnion confirmed the breach, which involved a ...