TD Bank Says 260K Customers Exposed in Data Breach

[Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>]

They say this happened in March and they're only letting customers know *now*??? How does a company in the finance 
sector not track/know the movement and custody of their backup tapes at any given time?  But no problem, we'll just 
give you a free year of credit monitoring to compensate for our shortcomings.  #tdfail   ---rick


TD Bank Says 260K Customers Exposed in Data Breach

CHERRY HILL, N.J. October 13, 2012 (AP)

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/td-bank-260k-customers-exposed-data-breach-17468826#.UHjgjYXgLyI

TD Bank has begun notifying about 260,000 customers from Maine to Florida that the company says may have been affected 
by a data breach.

Company spokeswoman Rebecca Acevedo confirmed in emails Friday to The Associated Press that unencrypted backup data 
tapes were misplaced in transport in March.

She said the tapes contained personal information, including account information and Social Security numbers, but the 
company is not aware of any misuse of customer information. Still, TD Bank has not ruled out the possibility and is 
monitoring the situation.

She said the company is sending letters to customers whose data was on the tapes, and is offering them free credit 
monitoring and identity theft protection.

TD Bank has eight million customers. It is based in Cherry Hill, N.J., and Portland, Maine.


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