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Title: Data Broker Giant LexisNexis Says Breach Exposed Personal Information
of Over 364,000 People

Link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/05/29/023223...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: LexisNexis Risk
Solutions, a data broker that collects and uses consumers' personal data to
help its paying corporate customers detect possible risk and fraud, has
disclosed a data breach affecting more than 364,000 people. The company said
in a filing with Maine's attorney general that the breach, dating back to
December 25, 2024, allowed a hacker to obtain consumers' sensitive personal
data from a third-party platform used by the company for software
development. Jennifer Richman, a spokesperson for LexisNexis, told TechCrunch
that an unknown hacker accessed the company's GitHub account. The stolen data
varies, but includes names, dates of birth, phone numbers, postal and email
addresses, Social Security numbers, and driver license numbers. It's not
immediately clear what circumstances led to the breach. Richman said
LexisNexis received a report on April 1, 2025 "from an unknown third party
claiming to have accessed certain information." The company would not say if
it had received a ransom demand from the hacker.

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