ChoicePoint Data Breach History

This page tracks the ChoicePoint data breach history and cybersecurity incidents affecting ChoicePoint (United States). BreachHistory currently indexes 2 publicly disclosed or catalogued incidents spanning 2005 through 2009, with approximately 177 thousand records reported as exposed across all indexed events. These totals may include overlapping datasets or third-party estimates and should not be interpreted as unique affected users.

The ChoicePoint breach timeline includes major data breaches, cyber attacks, data leaks, credential exposures, API abuse, and other security incidents. Each incident provides details on the estimated records exposed, attack method, affected data types, and supporting public sources. Currently, 0 incidents are company-confirmed.

Largest ChoicePoint Data Breaches

The largest indexed incidents include the 2005 Data sale — 163K and the 2009 — ChoicePoint: ChoicePoint has been fined $275,000 by the U, 14K records. Record counts originating from threat actors or leak sites should be treated as estimates unless confirmed by ChoicePoint or a regulator. Below is the list of large data breaches:

• 2005 2005 Data sale — 163K — about 163.0K records exposed · Catalogued incident
• 2009 2009 — ChoicePoint: ChoicePoint has been fined $275,000 by the U, 14K records — about 14.0K records exposed · Catalogued incident

What Information Was Exposed?

Depending on the incident, exposed data may include Social Security numbers and national IDs, names, physical addresses, and other personal information (PII). The exact data varies between incidents, so review each breach page before assuming your information was affected.

ChoicePoint Data Breach 2026

At the time of this update, no ChoicePoint data breach has been catalogued for 2026. New incidents are added as official disclosures, regulatory filings, or credible cybersecurity reports become available.

What To Do If You Were Affected

If you believe your account may have been involved in a ChoicePoint data breach, change any reused passwords, enable multi-factor authentication (MFA), monitor your account for suspicious activity, and be cautious of phishing emails or fake breach notifications.

This ChoicePoint breach history is maintained by BreachHistory using public disclosures, regulatory filings, security research, and clearly labelled third-party claims. For the complete breach timeline, records exposed, incident details, and AI Breach Risk Score, explore the sections on this page.