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- Seisint and ChoicePoint databases compromised.(fraudulent access to information reported)(Brief Article)
- Reed Elsevier announced that LexisNexis has identified a number of incidents of potentially fraudulent access to information about U.S. individuals at its recently acquired Seisint unit. The incidents resulted from the misappropriation of legitimate customers' IDs and passwords by third parties. LexisNexis has notified law enforcement...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- 310,000 ID theft victims?
- LONDON -- Criminals may have breached computer files containing the personal information of 310,000 people, a tenfold increase over a previous estimate of how much data was stolen from information broker LexisNexis, the company's parent said Tuesday. Last month, London-based publisher and data broker Reed Elsevier Group PLC...
- Research articles 2005-04-13
- LexisNexis Concludes Review of Data Search Activity, Identifying Additional Instances of Illegal Data Access; Company Takes Steps to Notify Consumers and Provide Monitoring and Support to Prevent Identity Theft
- DAYTON, Ohio -- LexisNexis, a leading provider of legal, news and business information, said today it has completed an extensive review of data search activity at its recently acquired Seisint unit, as well as across its other businesses. Reed Elsevier announced that LexisNexis had initiated a review on March 9,...
- Research articles 2005-04-12
- Online thieves get personal information on 310,000 in US
- NEW YORK AFP — Some 310,000 people could have lost their personal identification data to online thieves who broke into the computers of leading US information broker LexisNexis, the company said. The number was nearly 10 times that reported when the computer break-in was first revealed a month ago...
- Research articles 2005-04-12
- Reaction of Sen. Patrick Leahy to the Latest Data Security Breach at Seisint; Leahy to Testify on Thursday
- WASHINGTON, March 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a statement of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Ranking member, Senate Judiciary Committee, to the Latest Data Security Breach at Seisint A Subsidiary of LexisNexis: "This is the latest window on security weaknesses that jeopardize the personal information that data brokers hold...
- Research articles 2005-03-09
- Data thieves strike again, filching info on up to 32,000
- In the second case of its kind in the past month, a company said Wednesday that thieves had stolen Social Security numbers and other data on up to 32,000 U.S. consumers. LexisNexis, a data broker, said it discovered the breach in the past 10 days in a review of...
- Research articles 2005-03-10
- Matrix database system founder accuses rival of sabotaging Florida firm's sale.
- By Stephen Pounds, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 3--Hank Asher, the father of the controversial Matrix database system for scoping out terrorists, is accusing a high-powered director of a competitor of trying to bushwhack the sale of...
- Research articles 2004-12-03
- Founder of Boca-Raton, Fla.-based ID technolofy firm sues rival over sale.
- By Ian Katz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 3--Counter-terrorism guru Hank Asher is suing a former rival for $1.8 billion, claiming the company undermined Asher when he was trying to sell Boca Raton-based Seisint Inc. earlier this year. ...
- Research articles 2004-12-03
- LexisNexis acquires public records info. company; sells textbook list
- LexisNexis (Dayton, OH), a unit of Reed Elsevier, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all shares of Seisint, Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) for $775 million. Seisint is a provider of public record services in the U.S. risk management sector. Seisint's main product, Accurint, provides online access and...
- Research articles 2004-08-31
- Reed Elsevier Group
- * Anglo-Dutch publishing conglomerate Reed Elsevier Group, owner of the LexisNexis legal database business and publisher of trade magazines such as Variety, has agreed to buy Boca Raton-based Seisint for $775 million in cash. Seisint provides public records access and analysis used for detecting fraud, verifying identities and recovering debt....
- Research articles 2004-08-01
- Genius, interrupted.(Profile: Hank Asher)
- You may as well know upfront that Boca Raton entrepreneur Hank Asher smuggled plenty of cocaine into the U.S. in the 1980s. He never was charged, never paid for it with jail time. You should know this because whatever you hear about Asher--about him making...
- Research articles 2004-08-01
- Database systems creator to stay in Boca Raton, Fla., buyer says.
- By Stephen Pounds, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 17--BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Seisint Inc., the controversial creator of database systems, is staying in Boca Raton. London-based publishing giant Reed Elsevier agreed to buy Seisint this...
- Research articles 2004-07-17
- LexisNexis buys counterterror software maker Seisint for $775 million.
- By Ian Katz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 16--Life keeps getting better for Hank Asher. As founder and a major shareholder of Seisint Inc., a Boca Raton company that makes a counter-terrorism computer program, Asher will make...
- Research articles 2004-07-16
- LexisNexis owner Reed Elsevier to buy Florida database firm for $775 million.
- By Stephen Pounds, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 15--British publishing giant Reed Elsevier, the owner of the LexisNexis data service, said Wednesday it's buying Seisint Inc., the controversial Boca Raton creator of a database system that worries privacy...
- Research articles 2004-07-15
- What's your "TQ"?
- That's "terrorism quotient"--also known as "High Terrorism Factor," or HTF. The AP reported on May 20 that Seisint, a federal contractor employed by the Bush administration to develop the Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange MATRIX, "turned over to U.S. and Florida authorities the names of 120,000 people who showed a statistical...
- Research articles 2004-06-28
- The Palm Beach Post, Fla., business briefs column.
- The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 25--JUNO BEACH, Fla. -- EX-BANK CHAIRMAN SEEKS NEW VENTURE: The former chairman of Admiralty Bank hopes to launch a new bank later this year. Bruce Mahon has asked state regulators for...
- Research articles 2004-06-25
- Do You Know Who's Living under Your Roof? For Landlords Today This is a Critical Question…
- LAS VEGAS -- We live in scary times. Landlords need a better, more accurate way to reduce their exposure by weeding out potential problem tenants before they become major nuisances, costly mistakes or create potentially dangerous situations. SeisintR, Inc.'s subsidiary Seisint Decision Services SDS re-defines affordability, speed, and data quality...
- Research articles 2004-06-24
- Introducing Securint - a Revolutionary Online Employment & Tenant Screening Tool
- BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Prices for high quality FCRA-compliant background checks start as low as 50 cents! Seisint Decision Services SDS announces the launch of SecurintTM, an FCRA-compliant Fair Credit Reporting Act online employment and tenant screening tool offering faster and more affordable background checks. Leveraging breakthrough data management...
- Research articles 2004-06-24
- Anti-Crime Database Losing Support
- Several states have pulled out of the Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange Matrix, the anti-crime computer database that some say threatens citizens' privacy rights. Just five of the 16 states that had originally signed up to participate remain involved in Matrix.Started in 2002 in Florida with $12 million in initial federal...
- Research articles 2004-05-01
- BankAtlantic Ends Investment in Boca Raton, Fla., Database Firm.
- By Jeff Ostrowski, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 26--BankAtlantic no longer owns a $15 million stake in Seisint Inc., the Boca Raton company that developed the controversial anti-crime database Matrix. Fort Lauderdale-based BankAtlantic said...
- Research articles 2004-03-26
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