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ChoicePoint Also Sold Data to Criminals in 2002

ChoicePoint, which recently admitted it had sold personal information on 145,000 Americans to identity thieves, also sold such information on at least 7,000 people to identity thieves in 2002. ChoicePoint's CEO had previously told interviewers that the October 2004 sale was the only such incident in the company's history.

ChoicePoint CEO Had Denied Any Previous Breach of Database, Los Angeles Times, March 3, 2005.