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Archive Home > 2002 > May > 18 > Hackers steal 13,000 credit reports

Hackers steal 13,000 credit reports

Thieves steal ultra-valuable cache of information from Ford Motor Credit Co.


May 18, 2002

By John Schwartz

New York Times News Service

Hackers posing as employees of the Ford Motor Credit Co. have in recent months harvested a trove of 13,000 credit reports - a virtual one-stop shop for fraud and identity theft - with data on consumers in affluent neighborhoods across the country.

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