FTC drops the hammer on ChoicePoint

FTC imposes $10M fine against ChoicePoint for data breach
The breach resulted in the compromise of nearly 160,000 consumer records last year

JANUARY 26, 2006 (COMPUTERWORLD) - "The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has imposed a $10 million civil penalty against data aggregator ChoicePoint Inc. for a massive data security breach that resulted in the compromise of nearly 160,000 consumer records last year"