Reed Elsevier Suffers Major Information Theft

Findlaw reports that publisher together with information broker Reed Elsevier Group has admitted that upwards to 10 times equally many people equally originally idea may bring had their profiles stolen from i of its USA databases. The companionship had previously said that intruders may bring accessed personal details of 32,000 people via a breach of the LexisNexis-owned legal together with describe of piece of job organization information service Seisint. It instantly says that figure is closer to 310,000 people. This breach, discovered during internal checking procedures of customers' accounts, is existence investigated yesteryear USA constabulary enforcement authorities. Information accessed included names, addresses, Social Security together with driver licence numbers, exactly non credit history, medical records or fiscal information, the Anglo-Dutch grouping said inwards a disceptation to the London Stock Exchange.

Seisint: did the mortal who idea upwards the slogan "the cognition you lot need"
have customers inwards mind, or information thieves?

feels that electronically-stored personal databases are an accident waiting to happen. They are besides tempting a target for hackers together with unscrupulous describe of piece of job organization interests together with no amount of legal rule together with skilful do volition postage these thefts out completely. But the advantages they confer on those who compile together with survive them are then nifty that whatsoever legal regime volition bring to comprehend them, alongside all their faults together with risks. Merpel says, "the best thing to produce is to bring no personal details ..."

Theft of identity here, here and here
Changing identities here