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SUMMARY

32,000 notified about possibly compromised names, birth dates and Social Security numbers
Records	32,000
Record Types	SSN NAA DOB
Breach Type	Fraud Se
Data Family	Unknown
Source	Outside
Organization	LexisNexis
Other Affected/Involved Organizations	Investigative Professional
Lawsuit?	NO/UNKNOWN
Data Recovered?	NO/UNKNOWN
Arrest?	NO/UNKNOWN
Submitted By:	Lyger

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2009-05-01	Organization Reports Incident
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SIMILAR INCIDENTS

records	date	organizations
44,309	2006-11-11	Hertz Global Holdings Inc.

MAP OF INCIDENT LOCATION

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REFERENCES

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COSTS SUMMARY

Known Actual Costs

No known costs for this incident.

Estimated Costs

Ponemon Institute Direct Costs Estimate ¹

$1,920,000.00

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.

PRIMARY SOURCES

Primary Source ID: 1755

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New Hampshire breach notification: LexisNexis - personal information about customer accounts stolen from mailbox near company. USPIS is investigating the case. 156 NH residents exposed.
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
LexisNexis4.pdf	New Hampshire Consumer Protection & Antitrust Bureau	kirniki	1944
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
156	2009-05-01	2009-05-11	01 Jun 07:09
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LmoA K. CLARK, Eso. Dmscron 8. Samoa Conponrxrs Couussn. LExnsNEx\|s® Rnsx & lNFoRmAnou ANALYTICS Gnoup May l, 2009 The Honorable Kelly A. Ayotte Attorney General of New Hampshire 33 Capitol Street Co...

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Primary Source ID: 2364

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Maine breach notification: LexisNexis - personal information about customer accounts stolen from mailbox near company. USPIS is investigating the case. 231 ME residents effected.
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
20090501_choicepoint_lexisnexis_ME.pdf	Maine Attorney General	d2d	1944
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
231	2009-05-01	2009-12-06	05 Jun 12:44
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LINDA K. CLARK, Esc:. W Dmecroa & Semen Connemara Couuseo. LEx1sNEx\|s® Rnsx & lm=oRmm¤N Amtvtncs Gaoua QC-"2°€ 3 ·r— ,~ 5 ._ __A_ May 1, 2009 ‘ °’ H;’¥?»’ V The Honorable Janet T. Mills...

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Primary Source ID: 2001

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Maryland breach notification: LexisNexis - personal information about customer accounts stolen from mailbox near company. USPIS is investigating the case. 896 MD residents effected.
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
ITU-172560.pdf	Maryland Attorney General	kirniki	1944
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
896	2009-05-01	2009-08-08	15 Aug 14:14
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if ` W—"_”`_—W_`Wi—W"——”“’_“`_—-W—_WWWi"”"i`ST`~‘——’W—v“ #—”'—_—#A"“_W LINDA K. CLARK, ESQ. GF: I r D1REcroR & SEN1oR CoRPoRATE COUNSEL` ‘ "“ ‘ »7*"‘“‘ °‘ ‘ · . 1 LEx1sNEx\|s® Rnsx & IN1=oRMAT1o...

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COMMENTS

by Alina_Johnson [Apprentice Investigator] on 2009-05-03 (about 1 year ago)

This is not the first time this company has compromised its customer data; it happened again last in 2005 (March 9, 2005). This time, however, the USPS has launched a criminal investigation into what they believe is a large credit card fraud scheme. ~Alina

by Alina_Johnson [Apprentice Investigator] on 2009-05-03 (about 1 year ago)

Also, this admission was admitted almost two years after the occurrences: breach is suspected to have taken place between June 14 - Oct. 10, 2007. There has been no data recovered, and no arrests have been made; only (letter) notifications have taken place to suspected customers.

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Disposal Computer | Disposal Document | Disposal Tape | Disposal Drive
Email | Fraud Se | Hack | Lost Computer
Lost Document | Lost Drive | Lost Laptop | Lost Media
Lost Tape | Missing Laptop | Snail Mail | Stolen Computer
Stolen Document | Stolen Drive | Stolen Laptop | Stolen Media
Stolen Tape | Unknown | Virus | Web