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LexisNexis warns 13, 000 consumers of breach after alleged mafia bust
From: "Stephanie Mode" <stephanie () contosdunne com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:46:08 -0700
http://www.pcworld.com/article/168311/lexisnexis_warns_of_breach_after_alleg ed_mafia_bust.html LexisNexis Warns of Breach After Alleged Mafia Bust Robert McMillan, IDG News Service Information broker LexisNexis has warned more than 13,000 consumers, saying that a Florida man who is facing charges in an alleged mafia racketeering conspiracy may have accessed some of the same sensitive consumer databases that were once used to track terrorists. Lee Klein, 39, of Boynton Beach, Florida, was charged <http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls/PressReleases/090521-02.html> by the U.S. Department of Justice in May following an undercover sting operation that netted 11 suspects from an alleged South Florida crew of the Bonanno crime family. On Friday, the office of the New Hampshire Attorney General posted a letter <http://doj.nh.gov/consumer/pdf/LexisNexis5.pdf> that LexisNexis sent out to consumers last month, warning that Klein may have used his access to LexisNexis' Seisint databases "in order to perpetrate certain crimes." LexisNexis has had problems with credit card fraudsters using its database in the past, but Klein's alleged crimes are different. In court filings, the DOJ says Klein would provide Bonanno family members with names, addresses and account numbers as part of a fake check-cashing operation. But he's also accused of using computer databases to get information on potential extortion or assault targets as well as "individuals suspected by the Enterprise members of being involved with law enforcement." [.]
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