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DAYTON, OH, March 09, 2005 - Reed Elsevier today announced that LexisNexis, its global legal and business information business, has identified a number of incidents of potentially fraudulent access to information about U.S. individuals at its recently acquired Seisint unit. The incidents arose from the misappropriation by third parties of IDs and passwords from legitimate customers. LexisNexis has notified law enforcement authorities and is proactively assisting in law enforcement investigations of these incidents. LexisNexis is also working with customers to enhance security procedures.
These incidents were identified as part of an ongoing extensive review of the verification, authorization and security procedures and policies across the risk management businesses. LexisNexis has accelerated this review to determine the extent of any other incidents.
Information on approximately 32,000 individuals may have been fraudulently accessed in these incidents. LexisNexis very much regrets this and will be notifying all the individuals concerned and providing them with ongoing credit monitoring and practical support to ensure that any identity theft is quickly detected and addressed. Any further instances that emerge from the ongoing review will likewise be handled as quickly and as sensitively as possible. The information accessed includes names, addresses, social security and drivers' license numbers, but not credit history, medical records or financial information.
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