eWeek: House of IT Horrors

Ghosts and goblins, haunted houses, and smashed pumpkins—sometimes the most harrowing horrors are only steps away from your cubicle or office.

Just ask Steven Calderon.

Calderon was in his second week working as security guard for Fry’s Electronics when Anaheim, Calif., police walked in and arrested him for crimes including child molestation and rape.

Fry’s had requested a background check on Calderon, which was done by The Screening Network, a service of ChoicePoint, the $1 billion-a-year data broker based in Alpharetta, Ga. When it came up with criminal warrants and felony charges, nobody—not Fry’s, not the police—stopped to ask if the data supplied by ChoicePoint was accurate.

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