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Over Half a Million Bank Accounts Breached
Gone Phishing writes "CNN is reporting that about 676,000 bank accounts in at least four banks (Bank of America, Wachovia, Commerce Bancorp, and PNC Financial Services) have had personal information "illegally sold". Over 60,000 customers have been notified so far."
Oftentimes, I'll complain about Slashdot dupes. Why can't this be one of those times?
Checks bank account...
shit!
Fortunately, my account should be safe. I got a email from Bank of America telling me about their problem, and I filled out their form to resecure my account. Such at great company to take care of their customers like that!
Good thing i've opted out of having my bank share information with other parties. Opting out of information sharing is a wise thing for everyone to do.
The data-theft ring may have perpetrated the nation's largest ever banking security breach, a Hackensack, N.J., police statement quoted a Treasury Department representative as saying.
I only hope that Hackensack don't lack the knack to track this crack attack.
Luckily, I don't use banks. I keep all my money in a thermos under a combination lock. I then tether the combination to a string in a mylor bag and swallow it tying it off on a rigged bicuspid that will send a charge to the bag signaling an incendiary device which will destroy the note unless the tooth is first properly removed. But the bicuspid is fake -- threaded backwards with a one-way screw head. Of course, an anal probe might easily by-pass the oral security, but I recently had my sphincter sewn shut and I only consume nutrient drinks which, by chance, I keep in the thermos....
"All great things are simple & expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." --Churchill
Let's make up a "Troll" moderation so that people who post off-tropic tripe to rant about inflammatory political issues can be modded down.
On second thought, let's just mod them Informative.
How much are these guys getting?
Like, can I sell my personal information before someone else does?
Customer Protection
Guard yourself against fraud and identity theft. Wachovia provides the highest levels of protection and stands ready to assist you should you become a victim.
Irony, anyone?
"Wachovia says that they sent out letters to everyone they know to be affected"
Sent out letters?
Welcome to the 21st century, Wachovia.
My bank promptly sent me an email alerting me to the problem, and allowing me to log in (via a secure server) and check my account status immediately. Fortunately my account wasn't hacked.
Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.
that I should start responding to all those "Wachovia Bank Confidential Information" emails?
Actually I prefer the big guys over the one credit union I was with, never had a single problem with Citi or HSBC, but Visions Federal Credit Union (IBM's credit union based out of Endicott area) I've had no end of troubles with.
Nickel-and-dime is all they did, right now I owe them over 40$ to close my 20$ account and the number just grows year after year, I get statements from them, but I just shred them.
You would trust any email with a link to go log in to your account? Man, I'm amazed you have any money left to check on!
--grendel drago
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten. --Seneca
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? -- aparently a blind drunkard that's easily bribed.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff