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Some BofA Clients Find Debit Cards Cancelled
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 03:51:23 -0500 (EST)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:51:26 GMT Via SFGate.com. [snip] Numerous Bank of America customers have had their debit cards canceled and have been blocked from accessing their accounts online after an unnamed company experienced what appears to be a major security breach. BofA is refusing to identify the company, saying in letters to customers this week only that the breach occurred "at a third-party location unrelated to Bank of America." This is unusual. Past data-security breaches involving financial institutions have centered on systems being compromised at either bank offices or those of affiliated firms. Michael Chee, a BofA spokesman, confirmed Wednesday that the breach in this latest case wasn't at a processing center used by the bank or any other affiliate. [snip] More here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/09/BUGHLH55SQ1.DTL _______________________________________________ Dataloss mailing list Dataloss () attrition org https://attrition.org/mailman/listinfo/dataloss
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