LexisNexis pulls three services offline after suspicious server activity
"We will be going after them for compensation, and I expect this will end up costing them millions and millions."Nexis Diligence is a tool for employers to run background and compliance checks on individuals and entities, while Newsdesk is a news-monitoring service. LexisNexis Metabase API supplies near-real-time news and social media content for ingestion into customers' applications. Despite the name, it is unrelated to the Metabase business intelligence platform.
- ▪"We will be going after them for compensation, and I expect this will end up costing them millions and millions."Nexis Diligence is a tool for employers to run background and compliance checks on individuals and entities, while Newsdesk is
- ▪LexisNexis Metabase API supplies near-real-time news and social media content for ingestion into customers' applications.
- ▪Despite the name, it is unrelated to the Metabase business intelligence platform.
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| Publication time | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:15:00 +0200 |
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); off-prem LexisNexis pulls three services offline after suspicious server activity Customers say issues began Wednesday and still not resolved Connor Jones Connor Jones Cybersecurity reporter Published mon 10 Aug 2026 // 17:15 UTC LexisNexis took its Diligence, Metabase API, and Newsdesk services offline last week after detecting "unusual activity on servers that are hosted and managed by a third-party vendor."Non-public customer communications penned by Todd Larsen, president of Nexis…
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