in a major lapse that brian krebs was the first to report, an identity thief in vietnam was able to gainess to be personal information about 200 million americans from a company owned by experian? >> experian was selling information, they claim unknowingly and i am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt to an individual who was claiming to be a u.s.-based private investigator. >> the person posing as an american private eye was actually 24-year-old kumin no who pled guilty and faces 45 years in prison. experian declined a questireque an on-camera interview but said: >>> to be clear, nothing experian credit data was accessed. to brian krebs, the episode raises questions about the data brokers' power. >> that's a recipe for disaster, when an organization that has almost no accountability collects some of the most sensitive and voluminous information on people and when they have a security incident, it jeopardizes the security of that information. there really aren't any consequences. >> the question that comes out of this is: how can we feel safe, the public at large, about keeping

i talked to cyber security expert brian krebs, who discovered that breach.bout who is protecting our information these days. >> hopefully, the consumer's protecting the consumer. you know, when it comes to credit card information, not such a big deal, right? i mean, at the end of the day, here in america, as long as you're keeping a relatively close eye on this stuff and there's fraud, you're going to get that money back. >> krebs recommends putting a fraud alert on your credit report. you can do that right now. we'll have more on how you can protect yourself from hackers on "your money" this saturday at 2:00 p.m. >> protect yourself, advice from christine -- >> fraud alert, fraud alert, fraud alert. >> have a great weekend, everyone. happy easter. happy easter. "new day" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> dive vers are down there taking great risks trying to find those people and using every tool they have to locate them. >> breaking news. rescue divers finally make their way into the sunken ship. conditions making the search for su