A company that collects consumer data warned thousands of Californians that hackers penetrated the company's computer network and may have stolen credit reports, Social Security numbers and other sensitive information.
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ChoicePoint has not notified consumers in other states, nor is it working with law enforcement agents elsewhere, Jones said.
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Security experts dismissed the notion that hackers would limit their attack geographically.
State residents were the only Americans notified because the state has a unique law requiring companies that do business with residents to warn them when they've had holes in corporate computer networks.
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