We’ve had lots of stories on identity theft lately. That’s because it’s happening to a lot of people. People whose credit card information has been stolen (ChoicePoint, Lexis Nexis). People whose college admissions and academic records have been hacked (Stanford, UCSD).

What all of these people have in common, besides having their personal information compromised, is that they were adults who had such personal information such as social security numbers and credit cards.

Of course, as any parent who files taxes (ahem, you all do, right?) will tell you, twenty or more years ago the IRS decided that in order to get your deduction for your children, you had to register them for a social security number. Meaning that thousands, maybe millions, of children have had social security numbers since before their first birthday.

So it really shouldn’t come as any surprise to learn that a two-year-old has been the victim of identity theft. Not once, but twice…

[Identity Theft - It’s Not Just for Grownups Anymore, Continued]