Database giant gives access to fake firms (MSNBC)
By Robin Mathias
Created Feb 14 2005 - 8:54pm
By Bob Sullivan
Technology correspondent
MSNBC
Updated: 6:38 p.m. ET Feb. 14, 2005
Criminals posing as legitimate businesses have accessed critical personal data stored by ChoicePoint Inc., a firm that maintains databases of background information on virtually every U.S. citizen, MSNBC.com has learned.