Choicepoint got owned, your personal info may get compromised

[DaWhim]

ChoicePoint heist led to at least 700 identity thefts

But by week's end, it was shaping up to be a full-blown scandal with as many as a half million people nationwide potentially vulnerable to identity theft.

what is choicepoint?

An Alpharetta, Ga.-based spinoff from the credit-reporting giant Equifax, ChoicePoint maintains databases that hold 19 billion Social Security numbers, credit and medical histories, motor vehicle registrations, job applications, lawsuits, criminal files, professional licenses and other pieces of sensitive information. ChoicePoint also owns a DNA analysis lab and facilitates drug testing for employers.

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[anxi80]

:cough;
:cough x2;

 

[toekramp]

sucks for us

 

[DaWhim]

Originally posted by: anxi80
:cough;
:cough x2;

searched, didn't find anything..😛

 

[imported_Schmitty]

those sh!t heads. there going to get the crap kicked out of them by lawyers now!!!

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: DaWhim

Originally posted by: anxi80
:cough;
:cough x2;

searched, didn't find anything..😛

i wouldve overlooked it also, but i just came out of reading the article from the first link i posted, so it was still fresh. but yea, id be pissed. by the way, the guy didnt cooperate, and he gets 16 months?! and he's already served 3 during the trial process (which is not uncommon, time-served). but still, the guy cuts a deal and only gets 13 more months, when he was caught with 5 credit cards and id's?!?! :sigh;