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breach at People's United Bank or fraud attempt?
From: "Allan Friedman" <allan_friedman () ksgphd harvard edu>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 13:59:09 -0400
I especially like the bit where the bank claims that their "primary concern" is safeguarding customer data that they left in a dumpster. http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2008/04/06/taking_bank_trash_fairfield_man_claims_security_lapse/ For four months, James Hastings searched through trash bins outside People's United Bank branches in Fairfield County. He pulled out bags of paperwork with private information, including customers' Social Security numbers and account information. The bank last month won a restraining order against Hastings, 56, requiring him to not discuss the matter or distribute paperwork. He has since been interviewed by the Connecticut Post. People's Bank said Hastings is trying to extort money and claims he asked to be hired as a "fraud consultant." Bank officials also are demanding that the information be returned. Brent DiGiorgio, a spokesman for People's Bank, said its primary concern is protecting the customers' information that Hastings has taken. The bank promises to provide a year of free credit monitoring to customers whose information was taken and has contacted affected customers, he said. ... Hastings said that after several months he contacted People's and met March 19 with William A Gniazdowski, the bank's director of corporate security. Gniazdowski said Hastings asked that People's hire him as a "fraud consultant." Hastings, who has served a two-year probation for trying to get drugs from a pharmacy by impersonating a doctor, denied Gniazdowski's accusation. He said he told bank officials that People's needs a consultant. "You don't need to hire me," he said he told bank officials. _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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