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Mercantile says laptop theft could put customers at risk
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 12:52:23 -0400 (EDT)
http://baltimore.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2006/05/08/daily37.html Baltimore Business Journal - May 12, 2006 by Rachel Sams Mercantile Bankshares Corp. said late Friday that a laptop computer containing personal information for more than 48,000 customers was stolen from an employee of subsidiary Mercantile Potomac Bank. Mercantile Potomac Bank, which serves Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Northern Virginia, said it is notifying customers about the incident. The bank said the theft appears to have been random. The stolen computer contained confidential information about some customers, including Social Security numbers and account numbers. Mercantile said there is no indication to date that any of the customer information has been misused. The bank says it contacted regulators and law enforcement after learning of the situation. The Mercantile Potomac Bank employee removed the computer from bank premises, which was a violation of Mercantile's policies, the bank said. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/errata/dataloss/
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