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The New York-based companu — which has 3,000 employees in the Daytojn area — has sent 13,000 letters to former customers whose personal data may be at the company said in a The breach involved a former customer for a companycalled , which LexisNexid bought in 2004, and was announced by the U.S. Attorne for the Southern District of Floridqin May, according to a LexisNexis spokesperson. customer involved in this matter shoulc have provided notice to potentiallyaffected individuals,” LexisNexis said in a statement. because the customer is no longer in business we providedthe notice.
” According to the — whicb includes CIO magazine and PC World — the New Hampshirew Department of Justice posted a document Friday on its Web site to inforj consumers about the By Monday evening, however, the link had been The document reportedly tied a Florida man, with mob connectiona to the Bonanno crime family, with accessing LexisNexies data. New Hampshire officials could not be In May, LexisNexis announced it is part of a separates investigation into alleged credit card fraud, perpetrated by formetr customers of the company, according to a company statement. That fraudr occurred from June 2004 toOctobee 2007. The U.S.
Postal Inspection Servicd released a statement thatsaid 40,000 letters will be sent to consumer and 300 victims have been identified in an investigation concerning the breach. The company was part of a similar incident in 2005 and sent letters thento 280,000 customeres who may have been victims of identity theft. LexisNexi U.S. is a unit of plc (NYSE: RUK), the Anglo-Dutch publishingh conglomerate. The company is an onlind information services and publishingt companywith 13,000 people worldwide.