RE: People's Bank Tape Lost With Data on 90,000 Customers

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

Backup tape + encryption = good idea; Backup tape + no encryption = bad
idea. 

Richard

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On
Behalf Of Fergie
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:33 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] People's Bank Tape Lost With Data on 90,000 Customers

Via InfoWorld.

[snip]

A computer tape from a Connecticut bank containing personal data on 90,000
customers was lost in transit recently, the bank reported Wednesday.

People's Bank, based in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is sending letters to the
affected customers, it said in a press release. The tape contains
information such as names, addresses, Social Security numbers and checking
account numbers. It was bound for the TransUnion LLC credit reporting
bureau, based in Woodlyn, Pennsylvania, via United Parcel Service of America
Inc. (UPS), the release said.

UPS is investigating the incident along with all involved parties, said UPS
spokeswoman Heather Robinson. She would not disclose when the package was
lost.

[snip]

http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/11/73831_HNbankdatalost_1.html

- ferg


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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet  fergdawg () netzero net or
fergdawg () sbcglobal net  ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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