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LexisNexis Breach Worse Than Believed

Posted by Zonk on from the when-it-rains dept.

Rollie Hawk writes "Worldwide law and news sifter LexisNexis has some bad news of its own this time. Actually, "bad" might sharply understate the situation. More than a month after disclosing information on a database breach that led to 32,000 customer IDs being stolen, the results of an internal review showed that in fact the damage was nearly ten times worse than previously thought. LexisNexis is already "offering free support services, including credit bureau reports, credit monitoring for one year and fraud insurance" to the nearly 300,000 additional victims it will soon be contacting, according to a Reed Elsevier statement to the Regulatory News Service. So far, no identity thefts have been reported by earlier victims, at least some of whom had private information such as addresses and Social Security numbers unwittingly divulged."

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  1. If you'll excuse me by XFilesFMDS1013 · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...I have to go shred some credit cards, change my identity, and stock up on tinfoil.

    1. Re:If you'll excuse me by smittyoneeach · · Score: 2, Funny

      DAN?

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  2. Man... by Bananatree3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just when I thought it was safe to come out of my concrete bunker, I see 300,000 people's identities stolen. [puts tin foil hat back on, slams steel door]

  3. LexisNexis Breach Worse Than Believed by elasticwings · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can see the letter now. Dear clients, We got owned. We got owned in a big way. Your identity is probably stolen now.

    1. Re:LexisNexis Breach Worse Than Believed by Timesprout · · Score: 5, Funny

      Na, more like

      Dear clients, We got owned. We got owned in a big way. We got so owned in fact we are not sure we are sending this letter to you or to the person who stole you identity information (if you are the thief you are a very very bad person and somewhere a kitten is crying because of what you did)

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      What truth?
      There is no dupe
  4. Acuras for me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That's it. I'm only buying Acuras from now on...

  5. Re:Why? by geoffeg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Me thinks you don't understand the expanse of data that lexis nexis has on people. They not only have your SSN but they probably have data on how many times you've bitched about people knowing your SSN. :)
    I sometimes think that Lexis Nexis is the Matrix, it just hasn't become fully sentient.

  6. Re:New Rule for companies with data by tomhudson · · Score: 2, Funny

    You forgot the most important part - 7 , HIDE THE DAMN CHOCOLATE!.

  7. Free identity theft protection - again by GAATTC · · Score: 2, Funny

    For free identity theft monitoring, please send your name, social security number, birth date, credit card numbers with expiration dates, and address to protectmyidentity@gmail.com. We will take care of your credit record for you and guarantee that you will never have to worry about your good credit record ever again.

  8. Re:Social Engineering by ShaniaTwain · · Score: 5, Funny

    but to be fair, maybe they offered them chocolate for all that personal information.

    who can resist chocolate?

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  9. Just when I thought my ship had come in!! by lcsjk · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was set for life. With a new identity, I would get retirement for years and live happily on the beach. Then I got notice that I had died just a few days ago. So now I have a new identity, but I'm dead. Wonder if I can get my old job back....

  10. Re:Do they know more than google? by peg0cjs · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's why I'm changing my name to John Smith. Google THAT, Baby!

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  11. Re:Do they know more than google? by mrsev · · Score: 2, Funny

    My god ... the ex leader of the labour party in the UK?...Is that you?