[Dataloss] Commerce Bank says hacking damage was limited

lyger lyger at attrition.org
Wed Oct 10 18:39:09 UTC 2007


http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/10/10/Commerce-Bank-hacking-damage-was-limited_1.html

A regional bank in the U.S. said it was able to deflect most of a hacking 
attempt on its database, but not before some customer information was 
divulged.

Commerce Bank, which operates banks in five U.S. states, said Tuesday that 
a hacker gained access to a database with about 3,000 customer records and 
accessed data belonging to 20 of them. The bank is contacting those who 
may have been affected.

The hacking was quickly detected and stopped, according to Commerce Bank, 
which then notified law enforcement.

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