http://www.courant.com/business/hc-debix0822.artaug22,0,3146872.story By JANICE PODSADA Courant Staff Writer August 22, 2008 Gov. M. Jodi Rell said Thursday that she wants an investigation into a company the state hired to offer credit monitoring to people affected by a security breach involving a stolen Department of Revenue Services laptop computer. The laptop contained Social Security numbers and bank account information for thousands of state residents. State officials hired Debix Identity Protection Network last year after the laptop was stolen from an employee's car in August 2007. As part of its contract, Debix, based in Austin, Texas, agreed to monitor the credit reports of 53,000 people through the three major credit bureaus. The state received complaints after those people received letters from Experian, one of the three credit bureaus, asking for confidential information in order to continue the monitoring, Rell said. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Mon Aug 25 2008 - 02:17:13 PDT
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