Ireland: AIB error led 15, 000 customers to get details of other accounts

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2007/1123/1195682121693.html?via=me

A significant error at AIB bank earlier this month led it to send 15,000 
notifications to its customers containing the private bank account details 
of other individuals. A total of 11,000 AIB customers are affected by the 
move, writes John Downes.

Last night, it also emerged that some of the bank account details sent to 
AIB customers in recent days relate not just to AIB accounts, but also 
reveal the names and bank account details of customers with other banks.

It is understood that as many as 7,500 of the notices contained the names, 
addresses and full bank account numbers of AIB customers. This means these 
details, contained in notices relating to "inward" payments, are now in 
the possession of other customers of the bank.

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