[Dataloss] Wells Fargo hit by data breach

lyger lyger at attrition.org
Tue Aug 12 13:56:35 UTC 2008


http://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=18849

US banking group Wells Fargo is notifying 7000 customers that hackers have 
accessed their confidential personal data by illegally using its access 
codes.

Personal information including names, addresses, dates of birth, social 
security numbers, driver's licence numbers and in some cases, credit 
account information was accessed by "unauthorised persons".

The incident was first reported by The Breach Blog which provides links to 
a letter sent by the bank to New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte.

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