01-13-2006, 09:48 AM
Quote:On the heels of a string of high-profile customer data breaches that have consumers scrambling and privacy advocates saying "I told you so," People's Bank says that a backup tape containing personal information on 90,000 customers was lost while being transported by UPS to credit reporting bureau TransUnion.
The tapes, which are the focus of a joint investigation by People's Bank, TransUnion, and UPS, contained names, addresses, and bank account and Social Security numbers for customers who have a form of checking account overdraft protection called personal credit lines. The bank says that information is not sufficient to gain unauthorized access to customer accounts, and that data such as account balances, debit card numbers, passwords, PINs and birthdates were not on the tape. People's Bank has sent letters to affected customers alerting them to the data loss, and it's offering them a year's worth of credit-monitoring services free, a step that has become customary when such breaches occur.
full article: http://informationweek.com/news/showArti...=175803957
