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ChoicePoint Reported to Have Had Previous ID Theft
National News • March 3, 2005
Two Nigerian-born siblings were arrested in 2002 on charges of tapping into ChoicePoint Inc.'s vast database of personal information, a security breach similar to one announced by the data ...
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| Subject | Posted By | Posted On |
|---|---|---|
| ChoicePoint | roger | Mar 13, 2005, 3:03 pm |
| RE: Trust factor here | Almost humorous | Mar 7, 2005, 2:55 pm |
| ID Fraud & Data Correction | Florida Product Analyst | Mar 4, 2005, 8:24 am |
| RE: Choice Point and Credit Scoring | Arthur Ciszek | Mar 3, 2005, 5:43 pm |
| Choice Point and Credit Scoring | Beth | Mar 3, 2005, 3:04 pm |
| RE: Trust factor here | nome | Mar 3, 2005, 2:04 pm |
| Insurance Information | Drewboy | Mar 3, 2005, 2:02 pm |
| Trust factor here | Skeptic from now on | Mar 3, 2005, 1:50 pm |
| What! | Jon | Mar 3, 2005, 1:38 pm |
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Subject: RE: Choice Point and Credit Scoring
1. I really do believe there has to be an insider. It is not everyday that you hear about the fact that a Nigerian ethnicity is stressed, in two seperate incidents and I presume both incidents occurred in the same state. Spitzer, where are you?
2. There are letters available for each company. My company Mercury has info from Choicepoint that states that no insurer info was compromised. I find that personally hard to believe as it seems their whole database was hacked. I personally believe this is going to result in some legislation with regards to outlawing the use of someone's credit when it comes to insurance.
3. I see this as the beginning of the demise of credit scoring as an underwriting tool. I see class-action lawsuit on the horizon, against Choicepoint itself, although there might be some backlash against the companies as well. I guarantee there will be something in the coming months out of Madison County, IL.