ChoicePoint Exposes Data of 100,000 People
ChoicePoint, one of the largest commercial data brokers in the U.S., is warning more than 100,000 people nationwide that they may be the victims of identity theft. ChoicePoint revealed this week that it had inadvertently sold personal and financial records, including addresses and Social Security numbers, to fraud artists.
ID Data Conned From Firm, The Washington Post, February 17, 2005
