[privacy] Wells Fargo Admits to Data Loss

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via The Register.

[snip]

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.

[snip]

More here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/12/wellsfargo_computer_loss/

- ferg


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