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IT Pro Admits Stealing 8.4M Consumer Records

Posted by Zonk on from the 500k-seems-small-comparatively dept.

Billosaur writes "The Channel Register is reporting that a database administrator at Fidelity National Information Services, a consumer reporting agency in Florida, has admitted to stealing more than 8.4 million account records and selling them to a data broker. The DBA, William Gary Sullivan, faces up to 10 years in prison and fines of $500,000. He worked at a subsidiary of Fidelity and used his access to its database to steal customer names, addresses and financial account information, then used a business he incorporated to sell the list to an accomplice, who eventually sold it to direct marketing firms."

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  1. Fidelity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Indeed

  2. Irony? by coug_ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fidelity - n. 1. Faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances.

  3. Re:totally different organizations by Aqua_boy17 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fidelity is a very common name in financial services.
    I suppose that makes sense. I'd have little motivation to in invest my money with a company named "Infidelity" unless they made pr0n videos, that is.
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  4. wonder when IRS or SSA will "lose" records by peter303 · · Score: 2, Funny

    UK beat USA in this race by having the identifications of 25 million of its residents stolen last month. Its only a matter of time for a US agency. I suspect the US is semi-protected by backward computer systems. Like who can read a nine-track tape anymore?