Sunday, August 31, 2008

Number Potentially Affected in Bank Breach Soars


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.

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