Identity Theft Risk: Low
America Online
AOL Employee Charged in Theft Of Screen Names
Jun 24, 2004
Jonathan Krim and David A. Vise, Washington Pos...
Number Affected: 30,000,000
Data Lost: EMA - Email Address, NAA - Name And/Or Address
How: Fraud - SE
A 24-year-old software engineer at America Online Inc. was arrested
yesterday on federal charges that he hacked into the company's
computers to steal 92 million e-mail addresses that we... Read the whole story...
yesterday on federal charges that he hacked into the company's
computers to steal 92 million e-mail addresses that we... Read the whole story...
Contacting the company:
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Website: http://www.aol.com
Here is template if you want to send an email or letter.
Contact your state's Attorney General:
Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr.
1300 I St., Ste. 1740
Sacramento
California, US - 95814
Phone: (916) 445-9555
Getting compensation:
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We don't know of any current offer. Check the company's website for more information.
Other companies have offered a year of commercial identity protection services for free if a complete record (such as an employees is lost) or a discount if credit card information is lost.
California
Date law passed: 07/01/2003
Summary: Protect against unauthorized access of computerized data that compromises the security, confidentiality, or integrity of PI maintained by the person, business, or state agency.
Key provisions: Requires notification of breach if determine PI has been or will be misused. Allows substitute notice if affect more than 500,000 people, or would cost more than $250,000.
Type of data: Social Security Number (or international equivalent), Credit Card Number
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