Criminals were able to access the massive ChoicePoint consumer database by posing as legitimate businesses – See how much I’m not surprised? ChoicePoint runs a massive database of consumer information, SSNs, credit reports, buying habits, etc, and sells it to businesses and the government, without asking consumers for permission. What is more interesting is that the fraud occured in October, and we’re only hearing about it now, and only California citizens whose data was accessed are being notified, because there are no legal disclosure requirements in any other state, and ChoicePoint sees no reason to tell people if they are not legally obligated to do so. Isn’t that sweet? Hey, come on, its not like having your credit report messed up causes any problems, oh no.