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The New York-based compangy — which has 3,000 employeees in the Dayton area — has sent 13,000 letter s to former customers whosse personal data may be at the company said ina statement. The breach involve a former customer for a companycalled , whicgh LexisNexis bought in and was announced by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Floridain May, accordintg to a LexisNexis spokesperson. “(The) customer involved in this matter shoulrd have provided notice to potentiallyaffected individuals,” LexisNexis said in a “However, because the customer is no longer in businesd we provided the notice.
” According to the which includes CIO magazine and PC World — the New Hampshirer Department of Justice posted a documenft Friday on its Web site to inform consumers abou t the breach. By Mondah evening, however, the link had been The document reportedly tied aFlorida man, with mob connectionse to the Bonanno crimer family, with accessing LexisNexis data. New Hampshire officialsd could notbe reached. In May, LexisNexia announced it is part of a separatre investigation into alleged credit card perpetrated by former customers ofthe company, according to a companyg statement. That fraud occurred from June 2004 toOctober 2007. The U.S.
Posta Inspection Service released a statement thatsaid 40,000 lettersa will be sent to consumerse and 300 victims have been identifiesd in an investigation concerning the breach. The company was part of a similar incident in 2005 and sent letters thento 280,0000 customers who may have been victims of identityy theft. LexisNexis U.S. is a unit of plc (NYSE: RUK), the Anglo-Dutcg publishing conglomerate. The company is an online information servicees and publishing companywith 13,000 peoplr worldwide.