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Five Men Arrested in LexisNexis Data Theft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the aggravated-brain-switching dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Five men aged 19-24 were arrested last week in connection with the reported theft last year of some 310,000 personal records from database giant LexisNexis. The Washington Post reports that some of the individuals were also involved in the theft and online posting of revealing photos from socialite Paris Hilton's cell phone. All are being charged with 'aggravated identity theft,' which carries a mandatory 2-year jail sentence for those found guilty."

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  1. Arrests Made in '05 LexisNexis Data Breach by El+Royo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did anyone else think that they were all arrested in last year's car model?

    Oh, I guess you'd had to have RTFA. Nevermind.

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