AT&T Names Suspected Pretexters

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

from http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2052625,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594

or http://tinyurl.com/y8n6ph

AT&T Names Suspected Pretexters
By  Reuters
November 6, 2006


LOS ANGELES (Reuters)—AT&T Inc. on Monday named two individuals and
five companies in an amended lawsuit filed in Texas that charges they
accessed customer information without authorization.

The defendants are accused of pretexting, in which data brokers,
investigators or others pose as the customer in order to gain
confidential information.

Named as defendants in the amended complaint were: Kym McDaniel of
Ellijay, Georgia; Receivables Specialist Inc. of Tamarac, Florida;
A-AAA Mortgage Loans & Investments Inc. of St. Petersburg, Florida;
Katherine Martens of Lutz, Florida; SRG Inc. of Richardson, Texas; DWC
Research Inc. of Tampa, Florida; and Autostar USA Inc. of Corpus
Christi, Texas.

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