p2pnet.net News:- Reed Elsevier admits it`s so far discovered 59 separate instances where unauthorised users may have fraudulently acquired personal identifying information, through LexisNexis.

Yesterday, it was revealed that personal and private information on not 32,000, but 310,000 people had been endangered when hackers broke into its Seisnet subsidiary, a data brokering company that compiles information from federal records and probably holds information [on] most US citizens, continues PC Pro.

Personal details held include information such as Social Security numbers (SSN) and driver’s licence information, it says.

However, stolen data didn’t include “personal credit histories, medical records or financial records on individuals,” according to the San Francisco Chronicle which goes on:

“LexisNexis said it would notify all individuals involved and was offering free credit bureau reports, credit monitoring for one year and fraud insurance. The company said it was cooperating with law enforcement authorities in an investigation of ‘potentially fraudulent misuse’ of the data by hackers.”

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See:-
not 32,000, but 310,000 – LexisNexis worse than feared, p2pnet, April 12, 2005
PC Pro – LexisNexis security breach endangers 310,000 customers, April 13, 2005
San Francisco Chronicle – LexisNexis now admits 300,000 records hacked, April 13, 2005

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