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SUMMARY

Individual created fake collection agency to gain access to credit reports for fraudulent purposes
Records	100,000
Record Types	SSN NAA MISC DOB
Breach Type	Fraud Se
Data Family	Electronic
Source	Outside
Organization	LexisNexis
Other Affected/Involved Organizations	Seisint
Lawsuit?	NO/UNKNOWN
Data Recovered?	NO/UNKNOWN
Arrest?	YES
Submitted By:	pi3rce

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2008-10-01	Incident Discovered By Organization
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2009-06-19	Organization Reports Incident
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2009-06-19	Organization Mails Notifications
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2008-10-01	Arrest Made
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records	date	organizations
163,000	2005-03-11	ChoicePoint
180,000	2005-04-15	Polo Ralph Lauren

Address: New Jersey, USA
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Ponemon Institute Direct Costs Estimate ¹

$6,000,000.00

Note that these estimates are based on the Ponemon Institute's 2009 direct costs figures from their 2009 Annual Study: Cost of a Data Breach. We multiply $60.00 by the number of records to obtain this figure. Keep in mind that depending on the breach, the direct costs are not always suffered by the breached organizations. In the case of credit card number breaches, the direct costs can often be suffered by banks and card issuers. Also note that this is only an estimate.

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Maine breach notification: LexisNexis - Social Security fraud scam setup by multiple criminals tied to Mafia. 1,068 ME residents affected.
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
20090624_lexisnexis_ME.pdf	Maine Attorney General	d2d	<a href='/incidents/show/3749'>3749</a>
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
1068	2009-06-19	2009-12-06	12 Aug 23:39
Excerpt
p I _ U lg CONSUOSF&PgOTECTiON DIVISION “ LexisNexis E"/ED p JUN 2 4 2009 I _ . OFFICE OF Arroimgy GENERAL CONFIDENTIAL Lnsmn K. CLARK, Esq. Dnmcron & Snmon CORPORATE Counsnr. L1r.x1sNEx1s® Rrsx & In...