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Protecting your identity
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ChoicePoint, a provider of identification and credential verification services, reported that a group of cyber criminals was able to obtain personal information on nearly 145,000 people by using the company's system. The identity thieves potentially gained access to names, addresses, credit reports and Social Security numbers. (Photo by Erik S. Lesser/Getty Images)

ChoicePoint, a provider of identification and credential verification services, reported that a group of cyber criminals was able to obtain personal information on nearly 145,000 people by using the company's system. The identity thieves potentially gained access to names, addresses, credit reports and Social Security numbers.

(Photo by Erik S. Lesser/Getty Images)
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