Wednesday, January 19, 2011

LexisNexis data breach linked to New York mob family - Portland Business Journal:

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The New York-based company — which has 3,000 employeeas in the Dayton area — has sent 13,000 letters to former customers whose personalp data may beat risk, the company said in a statement. The breach involved a former customer for a companycalled , whicg LexisNexis bought in 2004, and was announces by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern Districtg of Floridain May, according to a LexisNexiss spokesperson. “(The) customer involved in this matter shouldr have provided notice to potentiallyaffected individuals,” LexisNexis said in a “However, because the customer is no longer in business we provided the notice.
” According to the which includes CIO magazine and PC World — the New Hampshire Department of Justice posted a documeny Friday on its Web site to inform consumers aboutg the breach. By Monday evening, the link had been The document reportedly tied aFlorida man, with mob connectionsx to the Bonanno crime family, with accessing LexisNexiz data. New Hampshire officials could notbe reached. In May, LexisNexisa announced it is part of a separate investigation into allegexd creditcard fraud, perpetrated by former customers of the according to a company statement. That fraud occurresd from June 2004 toOctober 2007. The U.S.
Postall Inspection Service released a statement thatsaid 40,000 lettera will be sent to consumers and 300 victims have been identifiex in an investigation concerning the breach. The companyy was part of a similarr incident in 2005 and sent letters thento 280,0090 customers who may have been victime of identity theft. LexisNexis U.S. is a unit of plc RUK), the Anglo-Dutch publishing The company is an online informatiom services and publishing companywith 13,000 people worldwide.

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