Minnesota Teen Suspected of Cracking LexisNexis Subsidiary
An AP newswire report in InformationWeek:
A teenager suspected of hacking into the database of a LexisNexis subsidiary is believed to have accessed it using phony accounts set up through police departments in Florida and Texas, according to a search warrant.
Authorities have been investigating how hackers obtained Social Security and driver's license numbers belonging to tens of thousands of people. The information came from databases owned by Seisint Inc., a database company bought by LexisNexis Inc. in 2004.
Investigators earlier this week searched computers belonging to Maple Grove High School senior Zachary W. Mann, 18. Mann has not been charged.
posted by Fergie @ 5/23/2005 05:33:00 AM
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