LexisNexis Revises Potential Data Theft Figure By Tenfold

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LexisNexis: 280,000 more possible data
theft victims

LexisNexis: 280,000 more possible data
theft victims 04/12/2005 01:39 PM
An internal investigation at the LexisNexis division of Reed Elsevier has uncovered evidence that as many as 310,000 more people may have had their personal information exposed to unauthorized individuals who compromised the security of a massive database of public and private information, including Social Security and drivers license numbers.

LexisNexis acknowledges more ID theft

LexisNexis acknowledges more ID theft 04/12/2005 08:45 AM
CNN Money Apr 12 2005 1:12PM GMT

Massive LexisNexis ID Theft Feared

Massive LexisNexis ID Theft Feared 04/12/2005 09:54 AM
CBS News Apr 12 2005 1:54PM GMT

LexisNexis acknowledges more ID theft on
310,000 people

LexisNexis acknowledges more ID theft on
310,000 people 04/13/2005 04:36 AM
LexisNexis, which compiles and sells personal and financial data on U.S. consumers, said Tuesday that personal information on 310,000 people nationwide may have been stolen. That number is nearly 10 times higher than the figure LexisNexis disclosed last month when it first reported that its databases had been breached. LexisNexis said in March that 32,000 people had been potentially affected by the breaches.

Today's disclosure comes just after an investigation by Reed Elsevier determined that its databases had been fraudulently breached 59 times using stolen passwords. The thieves, who obtained information including addresses and Social Security numbers, did not hack into the computer system and although they were able to get ahold of sensitive password information, the company says it is not certain how the passwords were acquired.

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LexisNexis Tightens Data Security

LexisNexis Tightens Data Security 03/19/2005 02:32 AM
AP via Newsday Mar 19 2005 4:44AM GMT

LexisNexis data on 310,000 people feared
stolen

LexisNexis data on 310,000 people feared
stolen 04/12/2005 02:37 PM
Data broker LexisNexis said personal information may have been stolen on 310,000 U.S. citizens, or nearly 10 times the number found in a data breach announced last month.

LexisNexis Says Data Breach May Affect
310,000 People

LexisNexis Says Data Breach May Affect
310,000 People 04/12/2005 04:38 PM
The LexisNexis Group said today that the security breach at its data brokering unit appeared to be about 10 times larger than it originally reported.

LexisNexis: Data on 310,000 people
feared stolen

LexisNexis: Data on 310,000 people
feared stolen 04/14/2005 02:08 AM

LexisNexis: More Consumer Data Breaches
(Reuters)

LexisNexis: More Consumer Data Breaches
(Reuters) 04/12/2005 11:10 AM
Reuters - Data broker LexisNexis said on Tuesday that personal information on 310,000 U.S. citizens may have been stolen from its computer systems, 10 times more than its initial estimate last month.

LexisNexis data breach far worse than
reported

LexisNexis data breach far worse than
reported 04/13/2005 04:06 AM
300,000+ affected

LexisNexis Uncovers More Consumer Data
Breaches

LexisNexis Uncovers More Consumer Data
Breaches 04/12/2005 01:17 PM
Personal information on 310,000 U.S. citizens may have been stolen from its computer systems, 10 times more than its initial estimate last month, data broker LexisNexis said.

LexisNexis Suddenly Notices Massive Data
Security Breaches Everywhere They Look

LexisNexis Suddenly Notices Massive Data
Security Breaches Everywhere They Look 04/12/2005 06:01 AM
Funny how once the media attention for the various computer security break-ins started receiving attention, the various firms who were caught handing out your private data suddenly noticed that they'd actually been leaking data all along. Choicepoint, which was the first big one to admit a problem, later found a histo ry of leaked data. It appears they're not alone. LexisNexis, whose Seisant subsidiary wasn't particularly careful in how it kept all that data about you that you didn't realize they had (much of it, probably wrong ), decided that maybe it would be a smart move to look over some past transactions to see if this data leakage was a new problem. Turns out that it wasn't. LexisNexis is now admitting that they found not one or two more cases, but fifty-nine cases where their security was breached, opening up access to all sorts of private data (this is one of the databases the government likes to use to build profiles on people). The company is sending out letters to 280,000 people to let them know that they may have to spend the rest of their lives carefully scanning credit reports to make sure the company's own negligence didn't result in identity theft. Meanwhile, everyone's still being told that, basically, there 's nothing they can do against any of these firms that didn't seem to care about your privacy at all.

Google Revises Data in Public Offering
and Adds 29 Underwriters

Google Revises Data in Public Offering
and Adds 29 Underwriters 05/21/2004 11:29 PM
Analysts who looked at the changes said the company had disclosed an additional 30 million shares of stock, bringing the total share ownership to 264 million.

Data theft understated

Data theft understated 04/12/2005 11:50 PM
USA Today Apr 13 2005 3:49AM GMT

Still Another Data Theft Discovered

Still Another Data Theft Discovered 03/14/2005 04:34 PM
According to this ARS article, another 32,000 US Citizen's dates of birth, SS numbers, drivers license numbers, and other ID info were all stolen from Seisant, a division of Reed Elsevier.

Reed Elsevier says it is in the process of contacting those affected by the breach and will offer them assistance in detecting any possible identity theft resulting from their lapse.Seisint, which was acquired by Reed Elsevier in 2004, has previously come under criticism for giving government officials the names of 120,000 people who supposedly fit terrorist profiles in the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001. Now, it joins the growing list of companies that traffic in consumer data without taking adequate safeguards to protect it.

[security bulletin] SSRT4785 rev. 0
HP-UX Process Resource Manager (PRM)
potential data corruption

[security bulletin] SSRT4785 rev. 0
HP-UX Process Resource Manager (PRM)
potential data corruption 08/10/2004 12:20 PM
Boren, Rich (SSRT) (Aug 10 2004)

DSW Data Theft Larger Than Predicted

DSW Data Theft Larger Than Predicted 04/19/2005 04:37 AM
AP via Los Angeles Times Apr 19 2005 7:49AM GMT

DSW Data Theft Much Larger Than
Estimated (AP)

DSW Data Theft Much Larger Than
Estimated (AP) 04/19/2005 08:45 AM
AP - Thieves who accessed a DSW Shoe Warehouse database obtained 1.4 million credit card numbers and the names on those accounts — 10 times more than investigators estimated last month.

Data Theft Suspect Busted

Data Theft Suspect Busted 07/23/2004 04:34 AM
In what the feds are calling perhaps the largest theft of personal data ever, a Florida man is arrested for stealing consumer information from Acxiom Corp., apparently intending to use it to feed his e-mail ad business.

Data theft motivates Congress

Data theft motivates Congress 04/16/2005 05:47 AM
USA Today Apr 16 2005 9:53AM GMT

Two held for theft of Internet data

Two held for theft of Internet data 05/31/2004 08:22 AM
Big News Network May 31 2004 12:24PM GMT

Personal Data Theft: It's Outrageous

Personal Data Theft: It's Outrageous 04/18/2005 08:41 AM
Business Week Apr 18 2005 12:39PM GMT

DSW Data Theft Larger Than Predicted
(AP)

DSW Data Theft Larger Than Predicted
(AP) 04/18/2005 11:16 PM
AP - Thieves who accessed a DSW Shoe Warehouse database obtained 1.4 million credit card numbers and the names on those accounts — 10 times more than investigators estimated last month.

Another case of massive consumer data
theft

Another case of massive consumer data
theft 03/14/2005 04:51 PM
It must be the season for playing free and easy with consumer data. Consumer data aggregator Sesint reports that hackers broke into one of their databases and made off the info on 32,000 US consumers.

Laptop theft leaks data of 98,000 people

Laptop theft leaks data of 98,000 people 04/01/2005 03:37 AM
TechSpot Apr 1 2005 8:10AM GMT

Laptop theft puts data of 98,000 at risk

Laptop theft puts data of 98,000 at risk 03/29/2005 04:43 PM
ZDNet Mar 29 2005 8:09PM GMT

Laptop theft exposes UC-Berkeley data

Laptop theft exposes UC-Berkeley data 03/29/2005 03:06 PM
San Jose Mercury News Mar 29 2005 6:09PM GMT

Workplace data theft runs rampant

Workplace data theft runs rampant 02/15/2004 03:33 AM
Many staff are happy to steal key information from the firms they work for, a study has found.

Guilty Plea in Theft of Data on AOL
Users

Guilty Plea in Theft of Data on AOL
Users 02/05/2005 09:04 PM
A former software engineer at America Online pleaded guilty to stealing and selling user names and e-mail addresses, setting off an avalanche of up to seven billion unsolicited e-mail messages.

Some MasterCard holders exposed to data
theft

Some MasterCard holders exposed to data
theft 04/14/2005 10:08 PM

Preventing Data Theft From A Stolen
Laptop

Preventing Data Theft From A Stolen
Laptop 12/24/2003 07:39 AM

Computer theft may expose data on
180,000 patients

Computer theft may expose data on
180,000 patients 04/08/2005 05:45 PM
Two computers containing information on 180,000 patients were stolen from San Jose Medical Group on March 28.

Senator Floats Heftier Bill on Data
Theft

Senator Floats Heftier Bill on Data
Theft 04/12/2005 11:20 PM
Privacy experts hope Sen. Dianne Feinstein's bill will close large loopholes in existing legislation, following a recent LexisNexis data breach affecting more than 310,000 U.S. citizens.

GM credit card holders warned of data
theft

GM credit card holders warned of data
theft 04/16/2005 05:46 AM
Houston Chronicle Apr 16 2005 10:22AM GMT

Microsoft’s PUMA to prevent theft of
audio data

Microsoft’s PUMA to prevent theft of
audio data 03/14/2005 05:46 PM
At the end of April at the WinHEC 2005 developers´ conference Microsoft intends to furnish further details on the copy protection functions of the successor to Windows XP Longhorn, which is planned for 2006. The preliminary WinHEC 2005 Master List of Tracks and Sessions under the heading Media Advances for the Windows PC Architecture lists a number of events dealing with the form of control of use known as Digital Rights Management (DRM). One of these track sessions will, for instance, be concerned with the Protected Media Path (PMP), which is to be established for media data in Longhorn PCs. A Protected Environment (PE), whilst providing a Protected Video Path (PVP) and Protected User Mode Audio (PUMA), will enforce defined requirements on hardware drivers (for TV or graphics cards, say). These channels are to be proof against data theft by rogue software. PUMA runs in the PE, with the PVP even encrypting data transfer to the graphics card over the PCI Express Port (AES 128). A PC´s outlets - in the case of video signals the outlet of the graphics card - are also integrated into the output protection management concept (OPM). Here Microsoft mentions known output protection schemes such as HDCP, Macrovision or CGMS-A, but also speaks of artificial resolution constrictors. According to Microsoft "significant hardware features must be implemented in graphics chips for Windows Longhorn to support PVP and OPM, with additional larger implications for the drivers." The longer term project PAP is to introduce audio encryption all the way to the audio codec chips.

Microsoft’s PUMA to prevent theft of
audio data

Microsoft’s PUMA to prevent theft of
audio data 03/14/2005 06:26 PM
At the end of April at the WinHEC 2005 developers´ conference Microsoft intends to furnish further details on the copy protection functions of the successor to Windows XP Longhorn, which is planned for 2006. The preliminary WinHEC 2005 Master List of Tracks and Sessions under the heading Media Advances for the Windows PC Architecture lists a number of events dealing with the form of control of use known as Digital Rights Management (DRM). One of these track sessions will, for instance, be concerned with the Protected Media Path (PMP), which is to be established for media data in Longhorn PCs.

A Protected Environment (PE), whilst providing a Protected Video Path (PVP) and Protected User Mode Audio (PUMA), will enforce defined requirements on hardware drivers (for TV or graphics cards, say). These channels are to be proof against data theft by rogue software. PUMA runs in the PE, with the PVP even encrypting data transfer to the graphics card over the PCI Express Port (AES 128). A PC´s outlets - in the case of video signals the outlet of the graphics card - are also integrated into the output protection management concept (OPM).

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Credit card data theft could grow in
scale

Credit card data theft could grow in
scale 04/14/2005 03:47 PM
Blog: Both MasterCard and Visa have confirmed a security breach at a U.S. based retailer that may have compromised the credit card...

Data theft fallout: US may ban sale of
Social Security numbers

Data theft fallout: US may ban sale of
Social Security numbers 03/17/2005 02:53 AM
At congressional hearings today, the companies involved in a spate of recent consumer data thefts were apologetic. Congress didn't appear impressed.

Spammer charged in huge Acxiom personal
data theft

Spammer charged in huge Acxiom personal
data theft 07/22/2004 09:53 AM
Hack to spam indictment
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