Major ID theft uncovered, affecting thousands of Californians
By Angsuman Chakraborty, Gaea News NetworkThursday, February 17, 2005
ChoicePoint is working with the California authorities on this, assuming that the impact is on Californian residents only.
However security experts diasgree.
It would be surprising if the impact is limited to California only.
A company that collects consumer data warned thousands of Californians that hackers penetrated the company’s computer network and may have stolen credit reports, Social Security numbers and other sensitive information.
ChoicePoint Inc., which sells such data to government agencies and a variety of companies, acknowledged Tuesday that several hackers broke into its computer database and purloined data from as many as 35,000 Californians.
Source: Wired News
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February 17, 2005: 5:10 am
Indeed, the impact is not limited to California. It’s just that California is the only state with a law requiring that its residents be notified. News reports are currently saying that over 100,000 people in other states have also had their information compromised. |
Doug