Krebs on Security reports that an identity theft service, in the businesses of selling Social Security and driver’s license numbers and bank account and credit card data, allegedly purchased a portion of the data from Court Ventures, a company recently purchased by Experian. According to the report, the Secret Service is investigating the incident. In a statement, Experian said it acquired Court Ventures “because of its national public records database,” adding, “After the acquisition, the U.S. Secret Service notified Experian that Court Ventures had been and was continuing to resell data from U.S. Info Search to a third party possibly engaged in illegal activity.” Experian said none of its credit files were accessed.
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