Experian Sold Social Security Numbers To ID Theft Service

realized writes "Experian — one of the three national U.S. credit bureaus — reportedly sold SSNs through its subsidiary, Court Ventures, to the operators of SuperGet.info who then offered all of the information online for a price. The website would advertise having '99% to 100% of all USA' in their database on websites frequented by carders. Hieu Minh Ngo, the website owner, was recently been indicted for 15-counts filed under seal in November 2012, charging him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, substantive wire fraud, conspiracy to commit identity fraud, substantive identity fraud, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit access device fraud, and substantive access device fraud."

Comments

Start the bombing now!

[Theophile]

I'm an American, so I'll admit that I couldn't find Experia on a map if I tried, but this is an outrage and I say we start bombing the Experians back to the stone age right now!

Re:Start the bombing now!

[freeze128]

Well....? Don't keep us all on the edge of our seats! Where in Europe is it?

Re:Probably a downmod coming but..

[Anonymous Coward]

A very articulate and insightful comment. No sarcasm intended

obDilbert

[Anonymous Coward]

http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2010-10-14/

Re:And when will Experian be charged?

[Anonymous Coward]

The first good reason I've heard to move to California. It's like saying "move to North Korea, Experian doesn't operate in North Korea."

NOT ENUF!

[TiggertheMad]

Hanging's too good for him. Burning's too good for him! He should be torn into little bitsy pieces and buried alive!