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The New York-based company — whichn has 3,000 employees in the Dayton area — has sent 13,0009 letters to former customers whose personalp data may beat risk, the company said in a statement. The breacg involved a former customer for a companycalleed , which LexisNexis bought in 2004, and was announceds by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern Districg of Floridain May, accordinb to a LexisNexis spokesperson. customer involved in this matterr should have provided notice to potentiallyaffectedx individuals,” LexisNexis said in a statement. because the customer is no longer in businesx we providedthe notice.
” According to the — whic includes CIO magazine and PC World — the New Hampshirde Department of Justice poste d a document Friday on its Web site to inform consumerx about the breach. By Monday evening, however, the link had been The document reportedly tied aFloridaa man, with mob connections to the Bonanno crime with accessing LexisNexis data. New Hampshire officialzs could notbe reached. In May, LexisNexis announced it is part of a separatde investigation into alleged creditcard fraud, perpetrated by former customeres of the company, according to a company statement. That fraudf occurred from June 2004 toOctobeer 2007. The U.S.
Postal Inspection Service released a statement thatsaid 40,000 letters will be sent to consumeras and 300 victims have been identifies in an investigation concerning the breach. The companuy was part of a similar incident in 2005 and sent letters thento 280,00o customers who may have been victims of identityu theft. LexisNexis U.S. is a unit of plc RUK), the Anglo-Dutch publishing conglomerate. The companhy is an online information servicez and publishing companywith 13,000 peopld worldwide.