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State AGs Request Victim Notification in Growing Database ID Theft Case

From the press release, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, February 16, 2005: “Joined by several other state Attorneys General, Attorney General Lisa Madigan has written to a Georgia company that collects vast amounts of personal and financial data urging that the company immediately notify any Illinoisans whose information may have been breached following the theft of such information from the company by identity thieves. Others signing the letter include Attorneys General of Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Washington.”
Related references:

  • ChoicePoint Update on Fraud Investigation, February 16, 2005
  • Secret Service says Internet fraud threatens economy
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