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3.9 Million Citigroup Customers' Data Lost

Posted by timothy on from the gee-maybe-they-should-collect-less dept.

Rick Zeman writes "CNN.com is reporting that United Parcel Service has lost backup tapes containing the identies of 3.9 million Citigroup customers. According to UPS, '... a "small package" containing data storage tapes was lost while being transferred to a credit reporting bureau.' According to Citigroup, they 'included Social Security numbers, names, account history and loan information about retail customers, and former customers, in the United States.'"

3 of 602 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Unacceptable by derEikopf · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    NO.

    If you want the government to control the economy, move to China.

  2. Re:And what did the UPS guy say? by nkkdprgrmmr · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    this wouldn't have happened with FedEx!! not that i really promote fedex, i'm just anti-union.

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  3. Re:And what did the UPS guy say? by -brazil- · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you believe that the actual encryption is the only (or even main) problem in such an undertaking, please shut up and leave the discussion to people with at least a trace of a clue.

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