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Wells Fargo fesses up to data loss
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 18:53:27 -0400 (EDT)
[ Wells Fargo has already been reported, but this exact scenario crossed my mind a few months ago. What if you were a client of both Ameriprise (1/25/06) and Providence Home Services (1/26/06) when they made their public announcements in the same week? Would the "total amount of people affected for the year" count for duplications? Most likely not. - lyger ] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/12/wellsfargo_computer_loss/ By Ashlee Vance in Mountain View Published Friday 12th May 2006 19:05 GMT At least one poor Hewlett Packard employee compromised by Fidelity's March laptop loss has now been told Wells Fargo lost his personal data, too. The staffer received a note this week from Wells Fargo, saying the financial institution had lost a computer packed full of sensitive data such as customers' names, addresses, Social Security numbers and Wells Fargo mortgage loan account numbers, according to a document sent to The Register. Wells Fargo has admitted the loss, telling us that it affected a "relatively small percentage of Wells Fargo customers." The company, however, has millions of customers, so it's pretty tough to tell what a "small percentage" means. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/errata/dataloss/
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