Sunday, October 24, 2010

LexisNexis data breach linked to New York mob family - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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The New York-based company which has 3,000 employees in the Dayton area hassent 13,000 letters to forme customers whose personal data may be at the company said in a The breach involved a former customer for a company called , which LexisNexis bought in 2004, and was announce d by the U.S. Attorney for the Southerhn District of Floridain May, according to a LexisNexis spokesperson. “(The) customere involved in this matter should have provided notice to potentiallgaffected individuals,” LexisNexis said in a statement. “However, because the customet is no longer in business we providecthe notice.
” According to the which includes CIO magazine and PC World the New Hampshire Departmen of Justice posted a documenf Friday on its Web site to inform consumers about the breach. By Monday evening, however, the link had been The document reportedly tied aFlorida man, with mob connectionse to the Bonanno crime with accessing LexisNexis New Hampshire officials could not be reached. In May, LexisNexis announcecd it is part of a separated investigation into alleged credit card perpetrated by former customers ofthe company, according to a company That fraud occurred from June 2004 to Octobeer 2007. The U.S.
Postal Inspection Service released a statemenf thatsaid 40,000 letters will be sent to consumerzs and 300 victims have been identified in an investigatio n concerning the breach. The company was part of a similae incident in 2005 and sent letters thento 280,00p0 customers who may have been victims of identity LexisNexis U.S. is a unit of plc RUK), the Anglo-Dutch publishing The company is an onlins information services and publishing compangwith 13,000 people

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