PA: Lost computer data prompts firm to notify 3,500

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-data0326,0,5806005.story

A Pittsburgh-based shareholder services firm has notified about 3,500 
individuals -- some of them Maryland residents -- that the company lost a 
box of computer data tapes last month storing personal information 
including names, Social Security numbers and possibly bank account 
numbers, a spokesman said Wednesday.

BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, which assists clients such as MetLife, 
sent letters to affected shareholders of such clients offering them 12 
months of free credit monitoring and other assistance, according to a 
letter received by one affected investor.

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