14 Things Hackers Can Do with Your Data
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5. Get a House, Apartment, or Car
With access to your credit cards, identity, and personal information a hacker is more than equipped begin renting a property or even buying one in your name. If you’ve got good credit and a well-rounded income, it’ll be very easy for a hacker to assume your identity and get a new home. Renting is really common for cyber-criminals, as it requires far less paperwork than a mortgage. But once they move in, there is no incentive for the criminal to pay any rent or utility bills. It’ll be your identity that gets dragged through the mud instead. They might even wreck the property, owing the landlord thousands. Bailiffs will be hot on your tail in no time at all. As easy as it is to rent a flat, identity fraudsters often rent of purchase cars in the victim’s name, leaving you to pick up the pieces are a crash, or after a lack of loan repayments.
