FRAUD ALERT:

LENDINGTREE REPORTS DATA BREACH

30 April 2008 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Nicole Thompson

LendingTree customers have been notified by letter that several of its former employees gave mortgage lenders access to confidential customer records including Social Security numbers, income and employment information from October 2006 to early 2008. The number of affected customers has not been released, but LendingTree believes the mortgage lenders only used the information to market their own mortgages to customers. The company has sued the involved parties and has enhanced its security system.
Read the full article at Reuters.