ChoicePoint

Napsterization points to an excellent post on the ChoicePoint scandal at bIPlog (berkeley intellectual property blog).  The author discusses the inaccurate press on the incident saying that technically, ChoicePoint's network was not hacked.  True.  For more background on ChoicePoint, the Washington Post (subscription required) wrote a detailed account of ChoicePoint's operation on Jan. 20, 2005, before the scandal surfaced.  See "In the Age of Security, Firm Mines Wealth of Personal Data."  A chart is attached to the online story that illustrates the depth of the data collected and who taps into it.