Bank of America Alerts Customers of Security Breach

[Erica Absetz <erica () riskbasedsecurity com>]

http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/04/24/bank-of-america-alerts-customers-of-security-breach/

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) – If your Bank of America credit/debt card stops
working it may have been compromised. Bank of America recently sent
out alerts saying they disabled several area cards out of fear that
account information may have gotten into the wrong hands.

All customers were alerted via a robocall earlier this week.

In a statement Bank of America said, “We take these proactive steps to
protect our customers and minimize any occurrence of fraud.”

A spokesperson at Bank of America won’t comment on if the compromised
cards were related to the recent security breach which exposed the
card numbers of 2.4 million Schnucks customers.

“We have not heard of anything specific but I can tell you that we,
along with other banks, periodically receive alerts from the payment
networks about cards that may have been compromised at a third-party
location.”

New Bank of America credit/debt cards should be arriving in the mail
soon, according to the bank.
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