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  • Prominent database company hacked again

    07/21/2004 2:31:57 PM PDT · by HAL9000 · 37 replies · 836+ views
    Associated Press | July 21, 2004
    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A Florida man has been charged with stealing large amounts of consumer information from Acxiom Corp., one of the world's largest database companies. The new indictment comes on the heels of a separate case last year in which an Ohio man pleaded guilty to hacking into an Acxiom server. Acxiom manages personal information on millions of consumers, along with financial and other internal data for companies. The new case, against Scott Levine, 45, represents "what may be the largest cases of intrusion of personal data to date," U.S. Assistant Attorney General Christopher A. Wray said...
  • Acxiom Hackers Face 144-count Federal Indictment ("The Biggest Cyber-Crime Ever Prosecuted")

    07/21/2004 4:17:29 PM PDT · by HAL9000 · 100 replies · 1,994+ views
    arkansasbusiness.com ^ | July 21, 2004 | Gwen Moritz
    Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced a 144-count indictment against a Florida businessman for allegedly hacking personal information on millions of Americans from Acxiom Corp. databases over a 17-month period. Prosecutors claimed that Scott Levine, 45, of Boca Raton, Fla.-based Snipermail.com Inc., accessed Acxiom databases between April 2002 and August 2003. Information accessed included names, addresses, e-mail addresses, customer demographics, and probably some birth dates and social security numbers. “It may be the biggest cyber-crime ever prosecuted and investigated,” said assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Cherry during a news conference at the U.S. Attorney’s Little Rock office. It alleges 139 instances...