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Number Potentially Affected in Bank Breach Soars

Posted by Susan Hall Aug 29, 2008 2:05:12 PM

The Bank of New York Mellon now says information on about 12 million people might have been on computer tapes that were lost, according to the Hartford Courant.

 

The bank announced in May that the tapes disappeared while being transferred to storage by a third-party courier, but put the number at that time at 4.5 million. The data included names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers, though the bank says there is no indication any of the information has been accessed.

 

According to this vnunet.com piece, Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell is considering financial penalties against the bank.

 

The bank has set up a Web page for customers and is offering customers free credit monitoring and identity-theft insurance.

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