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2005-06-07 Home Front: Economy

Citibank begins notifying millions of personal info leak

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Posted by too true 2005-06-07 11:53|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Note the headline suggests someone actually got it, who wasn't supposed to have it, but that's unknown. It's only LOST. It could be in a landfill, or some credit bureau wankers in-box, or chewed up by a mail sorter.

But the headline IS an attention-grabber, isn't it?

Posted by Bobby 2005-06-07 12:42|| 2005-06-07 12:42|| Front Page Top

#2 CitiFinancial, the consumer finance division of Citigroup Inc., said Monday it has begun notifying some 3.9 million U.S. customers that computer tapes containing information about their accounts â including Social Security numbers and payment histories â have been lost.

Inside jobs are difficult to protect against, but how about taking care of some of the easier stuff, like encrypting data before writing to any kind of external storage medium?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-07 12:57|| 2005-06-07 12:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Screw Citibank. We have been getting a flood of pre approved credit card applications from them- at least a dozen in the last two weeks. They are setting us up for identity theft, if just one goes astray. Totally irresponsible. Wont deal with them. Ever.

Posted by Grunter 2005-06-07 18:45|| 2005-06-07 18:45|| Front Page Top

#4 It said there was little risk of the accounts being compromised because most customers already had received their loans and that no additional credit could be issued without the customers' approval.

Bullshit! You can get a credit card without having to show any ID, talking to any live person, or anything else. Just fill in the 'personal information' into a webpage.....

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-06-07 18:58|| 2005-06-07 18:58|| Front Page Top

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