LexisNexis data breach linked to New York mob family - Business First of Louisville:

opexibu.wordpress.com
The New York-based company — whicj has 3,000 employees in the Dayton area — has sent 13,00p0 letters to former customers whose personal data may be at the company said in a The breach involved a former customert for a companycalled , which LexisNexis bought in and was announced by the U.S. Attornet for the Southern District of Floridwin May, according to a LexisNexizs spokesperson. “(The) customer involved in this matter shoulfd have provided notice to potentially affected LexisNexis said ina statement. “However, because the customer is no longere in business we providedthe notice.
” According to the — whicb includes CIO magazine and PC Worldd — the New Hampshire Departmentt of Justice posted a document Friday on its Web site to informm consumers about the breach. By Monday evening, however, the link had been The document reportedly tied aFlorida man, with mob connections to the Bonann o crime family, with accessing LexisNexis New Hampshire officials coul d not be reached. In May, LexisNexis announced it is part of a separat e investigation into alleged creditcard fraud, perpetratedd by former customers of the company, according to a companty statement. That fraud occurred from June 2004 toOctober 2007. The U.S.
Postall Inspection Service released a statement thatsaid 40,000 letterse will be sent to consumers and 300 victima have been identified in an investigation concerning the The company was part of a similafr incident in 2005 and sent letterd then to 280,000 customers who may have been victimx of identity theft. LexisNexis U.S. is a unit of plc RUK), the Anglo-Dutch publishing conglomerate. The company is an onlinse information services and publishing companywith 13,000 people