Editing LexisNexis (section)

=== Data breach ===
On March 9, 2005, LexisNexis made the theft of personal information of Seisint users public. It was originally estimated that 32,000 users were affected,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://money.cnn.com/2005/03/09/news/midcaps/lexisnexis/index.htm | work=CNN | title=LexisNexis customer IDs stolen | date=2005-03-09 | access-date=2010-05-07}}</ref> but that number greatly increased to over 310,000.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://money.cnn.com/2005/04/12/technology/personaltech/lexis/?cnn=yes | work=CNN | title=LexisNexis acknowledges more ID theft | date=2005-04-12 | access-date=2010-05-07 | first1=Caleb | last1=Silver}}</ref> Affected persons were provided with free fraud insurance and credit bureau reports for a year. However, no reports of identity theft or fraud were discovered to have stemmed from the security breach.<ref>Ellsworth, Abigail.''Reference & User Services Quarterly; Chicago'' Vol. 41, Iss. 3, &nbsp;(Spring 2002): 276-277.</ref> The hackers stole passwords, names, addresses, and Social Security and driver's license numbers of customers of LexisNexis's Seisint division. Seisint collects data on individuals that's used by law enforcement agencies and private companies for debt recovery, fraud detection and other services.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Paul |date=2005-03-14 |title=Hackers Breach LexisNexis, Snatch Consumer Data |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2568766/hackers-breach-lexisnexis--snatch-consumer-data.html |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=Computerworld |language=en}}</ref>