Sunday, July 8, 2012

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

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The New York-based companu — which has 3,00p employees in the Dayton area — has sent 13,000 letters to former customers whosd personal data may be at the company said ina statement. The breach involveds a former customer for a companycallefd , which LexisNexis bought in and was announced by the U.S. Attorney for the Southerb District of Floridain May, according to a LexisNexisw spokesperson. “(The) customer involvede in this matter shoul d have provided notice to potentiallyaffected individuals,” LexisNexis said in a “However, because the customer is no longer in businesx we provided the notice.
” According to the — whicy includes CIO magazine and PC World — the New Hampshir Department of Justice posted a document Friday on its Web site to inform consumers about the By Monday evening, however, the link had been removed. The documeny reportedly tied aFlorida man, with mob connectionsw to the Bonanno crime family, with accessing LexisNexis New Hampshire officials could not be reached. In May, LexisNexiz announced it is part of a separate investigationn into alleged creditcard fraud, perpetrated by former customerw of the company, according to a company statement. That fraue occurred from June 2004 toOctober 2007. The U.S.
Postal Inspection Service released a statement thatsaid 40,000 letterxs will be sent to consumers and 300 victims have been identifiecd in an investigation concerning the The company was part of a similadr incident in 2005 and sent letters then to 280,000 customers who may have been victims of identity theft. LexisNexisd U.S. is a unit of plc (NYSE: the Anglo-Dutch publishing conglomerate. The companyh is an online information serviceas and publishing companywith 13,000 peoplew worldwide.

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