[Dataloss] VISA / 1ST BANK

[security curmudgeon]

Letter sent out to an unknown amount of 1st Bank customers on Oct 16. Any 
typos are my own.

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1ST BANK
Data Corporation
12345 W. Colfax Ave
Lakewood, Colorado 80215
(303) 232-3000

October 16, 2006

[Customer Name]
[Customer Address]

Dear FirstBank Customer:

We have been notified by Visa U.S.A. that a listing of valid Visa card 
numbers has been obtained by an unauthorized person or persons who gained 
access to a merchant card processor's transaction database. For privacy 
reasons, Visa cannot disclose the name of the processor. Your FirstTeller 
Visa Check Card number was among those that were compromised. Although we 
believe the possibility of your card being used for fraudulent 
transactions is minimal, we are going to issue you a new card which you 
should receive by 10/27/2006.

Effective 11/01/2006, your existing FirstTeller Card, ending in ####, will 
no longer work. If you have not received a new card by 10/27/2006, please 
notify us. Any recurring payments that you have scheduled with your 
existing FirstTeller Card will need to be transferred to your new card.

We aplogize for any inconvenience this situation may cause you. We would 
also like to reassure you that the compromise of information occurred at a 
merchant card processor's location, not FirstBank and therefore your 
account information at FirstBank has not been obtained by these 
unauthorized indivuduals. If you have any questions concerning this 
letter, please call us at (303)237-5000 or 1-800-964-3444 if you are 
outside metro Denver.

Sincerely,

Lovonne Maness
Dat Processing Officer