Court Ventures
Disclosed Oct 20, 2013Unverified
Experian unit's data resold to ID theft service run by Vietnamese fraudster
KrebsOnSecurity found that identity theft service Superget.info obtained much of its SSN, birth date and financial data through Experian's Court Ventures unit, via a data sharing deal with US Info Search. Experian said it stopped reselling the data after Secret Service notice and helped bring the alleged operator Hieu Minh Ngo to justice.
What is known
| People affected | Not stated in the sources we have |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Oct 20, 2013 |
| Attack | Vendor breach |
| Data exposed | Social Security numbersDates of birthGovernment IDsFinancialNames |
| Sector | Data brokers · US |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
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