ChoicePoint is working with the California authorities on this, assuming that the impact is on Californian residents only. ChoicePoint公司正与美国加州当局在这方面，假设的影响是对加州居民只。

However security experts diasgree.但是安全专家diasgree 。
It would be surprising if the impact is limited to California only.这将是不足为奇的，如果影响是有限的加州只。

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.一家公司收集消费者数据警告，成千上万的加州人认为，黑客侵入该公司的计算机网络，并可能已被盗的信用报告，社会安全号码和其它敏感信息。

ChoicePoint Inc., which sells such data to government agencies and a variety of companies, acknowledged Tuesday that several hackers broke into its computer database and purloined data from as many as 35,000 Californians. ChoicePoint公司，销售等数据，政府机构以及各种公司承认，这几个星期二黑客闯入其电脑资料库和purloined数据多达35000加州。

Source:资料来源： Wired News有线新闻