Bank America Breach

[Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>]

http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=3673&rf=2011-05-25-eb

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*$10 Million Loss Highlights Risks, Sophistication of Internal Breaches*
May 25, 2011 -

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According to news reports, a BofA employee with access to account holder 
information allegedly leaked personally identifiable information such as 
names, addresses, Social Security numbers, phone numbers, bank account 
numbers, driver's license numbers, birth dates, e-mail addresses, family 
names, PINs and account balances to a ring of criminals. With that 
information, the fraudsters reportedly hijacked e-mail addresses, cell 
phone numbers and possibly more, keeping consumers in the dark about new 
accounts and checks that had been ordered in their names.

Some 300 BofA customers in California and other Western states have 
reportedly had their accounts hit, and 95 suspects linked to the breach 
were arrested by the Secret Service in Feb.

BofA says it detected the fraud a year ago, but only recently began 
notifying affected customers of the breach.

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