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SUMMARY

Former employee fraudulently utilizes credit of customers.
Records	3,448
Record Types	FIN
Breach Type	Fraud Se
Data Family	Unknown
Source	Inside - Malicious
Organization	AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc.
Other Affected/Involved Organizations	None
Lawsuit?	NO/UNKNOWN
Data Recovered?	NO/UNKNOWN
Arrest?	YES
Submitted By:	d2d

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2008-09-25	Organization Reports Incident
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records	date	organizations
8,000	2006-05-18	American Red Cross
3,990	2009-02-02	Best Buy
5,400	2008-12-19	Norfolk Southern Corp., Imaging Solutions & Services Inc.

Address: Texas, USA
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No known costs for this incident.

Ponemon Institute Direct Costs Estimate ¹

$206,880.00

Note that these estimates are based on the Ponemon Institute's 2009 direct costs figures from their 2009 Annual Study: Cost of a Data Breach. We multiply $60.00 by the number of records to obtain this figure. Keep in mind that depending on the breach, the direct costs are not always suffered by the breached organizations. In the case of credit card number breaches, the direct costs can often be suffered by banks and card issuers. Also note that this is only an estimate.

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AmeriCredit breach notification letter regarding fraud.
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
NH_americredit.pdf	New Hampshire Consumer Protection & Antitrust Bureau	kirniki	1209
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
2	2008-09-25	2008-12-04	23 Sep 13:42
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Former employee fraudulently utilizes credit of AmeriCredit Financial Services customers.
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
MD_ITU159171.pdf	Maryland Attorney General	kirniki	1209
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
22	2008-09-25	2008-12-04	23 Sep 12:44
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#AM\|;R\|Cm;o\|T® l September 25, 2008 i Dear Douglas F. Gansler: { Pursuant to state law, this letter is to inform you of a privacy incident aifecting residents of your state. There were a total of 22...

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Credit card information wrongly used by former employee
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
VA_09302008_americredit.pdf	Virginia Attorney General	jkouns	1209
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21	2008-09-25	2009-02-03	07 Feb 09:53
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tr it T r ntlynaiaarolt September 25, 2008 _ A ,. _ Dear Bob McDonnell: M W in " ` Z Pursuant to state law, this letter is to inform you of a privacy incident affecting residents of your s...

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New York Data Breach Notification : Former employee fraudulently utilizes credit of AmeriCredit Financial Services customers.
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
AmeriCredit-Financial-Srvs-FS.pdf	New York State Consumer Protection Board	cwalsh	1209
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
33	2008-09-25	2009-05-08	16 Jul 20:48
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NEW YGRK STATE SECURITY BREAEZH REPGRTENG EGRM Fursnent to the information Security Breach and Notification Act {General Business Lew §&99~ea; State Technology Lew §2Q8} Name of Entity: AmeriCredit F...

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North Carolina Data Breach Notification : Employee stole personal information to purchase items on credit.
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
20080925_americredit.pdf	North Carolina Department of Justice, Consumer Protection Division	d2d	1209
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71	2008-09-25	2009-06-13	12 Aug 18:03
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MAMERICREDITE {Milf r 5 i` I . September 25, 2008 Dear Roy Cooper: Pursuant to state law, this letter is to inform you of a privacy incident affecting residents of your state. There were a total of 7...

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Credit card information wrongly used by former employee, re: AmeriCredit data breach notification letter sent to Massachusetts AG. 21 Mass residents affected
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
20080925_americredit.pdf	Massachusetts Attorney General	d2d	1209
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
21	2008-09-25	2009-08-08	07 May 09:43
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September 25, 2008 Dear Martha Coakley: Pursuant to state law, this letter is to inform you of a privacy incident affecting residents of your state. There were a total of 2l affected residents of Ma...