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Hacker accesses customer information from database manager Acxiom
Associated Press ^ | 08-07-03

Posted on 08/07/2003 8:26:06 PM PDT by Brian S

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:43:12 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A computer hacker gained access to private files at Acxiom Corp., one of the world's largest consumer database companies, and was able to download sensitive information about some customers of the company's clients, the company said Thursday.

"The data on the servers was a wide variety of information, some of which was personal, some of which was not," Jennifer Barrett, the company's chief privacy officer, said in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday. The AP was notified of the intrusion by an anonymous caller who would not identify himself or his connection with the company.


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