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ChoicePoint Data Stolen By Imposters

Posted by timothy on from the smarter-decisions-safer-world dept.

swight1701 writes "Criminals posing as legitimate businesses have accessed critical personal data stored by ChoicePoint Inc., a firm that maintains databases of background information on virtually every U.S. citizen. The incident involves a wide swath of consumer data, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, credit reports and other information. ChoicePoint notified between 30,000 and 35,000 consumers in California that their personal data may have been accessed by "unauthorized third parties." No obvious notice appears to be on their website."

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  1. ping? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    pong.

  2. Slashdot portscanning web proxy users? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    22:42:06 IN=eth2 SRC=66.35.250.150 DST=69.243.xx.xx DPT=80
    22:42:06 IN=eth2 SRC=66.35.250.150 DST=69.243.xx.xx DPT=444
    22:42:09 IN=eth2 SRC=66.35.250.150 DST=69.243.xx.xx DPT=3127
    22:42:09 IN=eth2 SRC=66.35.250.150 DST=69.243.xx.xx DPT=3128
    22:42:09 IN=eth2 SRC=66.35.250.150 DST=69.243.xx.xx DPT=6588
    22:42:09 IN=eth2 SRC=66.35.250.150 DST=69.243.xx.xx DPT=8000
    22:42:09 IN=eth2 SRC=66.35.250.150 DST=69.243.xx.xx DPT=8080

    Is this some kind of attempt to check id AC's are using some type of public proxy or something?

  3. Hahaha, some douchejob got his Xanga hacked. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    His password is 'rapala', FYI.