ChoicePoint notifies another 17,000 consumers on possible breach
An AP newswire article, via The Mercury News, reports that:
ChoicePoint Inc., the company that disclosed earlier this year that thieves had accessed its massive database of consumer information, said Tuesday in a regulatory filing it has sent out another 17,000 notices to people telling them they may be victims of fraud.
The Alpharetta-based company had said in February, after announcing the breach, that it had notified roughly 145,000 consumers that they may have had their personal information improperly accessed.
That number has now increased to 162,000, ChoicePoint said in its quarterly report to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing did not detail reasons for the increase, though the company had previously said the number could ultimately be higher.
ChoicePoint said Tuesday its review of the data breach is ongoing and there could be further notices sent out.
posted by Fergie @ 11/08/2005 08:39:00 PM
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