Lessons for life: Why children’s data is a long-term identity risk

This article explains how children's personal data creates a long-term identity theft risk, citing increases in child identity theft, anecdotal cases, common attack vectors (gaming accounts, edtech and healthcare data, phishing, and AI-driven synthetic identity fraud), red flags that parents can use to detect compromise, and practical mitigations including data minimization, strong unique passwords, MFA, privacy settings, parental controls, device updates, and applying credit freezes.