The US Postal Inspection Service is in the process of notifying more than 30,000 people that their personal information may have been compromised in a data breach performed by companies who are former customers of LexisNexis. These thieves have used personal information from LexisNexis and broke into the mailboxes commerical receiving courier companies to obtain credit cards fraudulently. The personal data was probably reached between 14 June 2004 and 10 October 2007. At least 300 people have certainly been affected, and the rest are considered vulnerable.
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