300,000 plus:LexisNexis Security Breach Expands
LOS ANGELES TIMES
LexisNexis Security Breach Expands
By David Colker and John Spano
Times Staff Writers
11:51 AM PDT, April 12, 2005
The identity thieves who stole passwords to tap personal data from information broker LexisNexis hacked the records of more than 300,000 Americans, 10 times what the company first acknowledged, the company disclosed today.
The announcement today by London-based Reed Elsevier, which owns LexisNexis, indicates that security problems in the industry are more widespread than first thought.
The company said that it had uncovered 59 cases in which unauthorized persons "using IDs and passwords of legitimate customers" fraudulently acquired personal identifying data from its databases.
A total of 64,145 Californians are among those affected, the company said.
"This is the latest note in a steady stream of security breaches that are a chilling reminder of the importance of protecting our personal information in the digital age," said Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee. [more]
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