3.9 Million Citigroup Customers' Data Lost

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.'"

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And what did the UPS guy say?

[Kaisum]

"oops"

Re:And what did the UPS guy say?

[hjf]

And if they used proprietary encription by something like Cisco, 3Com or some IBM storage solution, and that got cracked, then /. would be filled with 500 messages about how they didn't use an open source solution.

Oh and if they used an open source solution and that got cracked, the fault would also be theirs, and they would also get 500 messages on how they used an older (or newer!) release, or because they didn't use an obscure "x" patch which you can find in "y" page, hosted in some east european country and in a language used only in that country... etc.

They changed their slogan:

[game kid]

UPS: What can BROWN lose for you?

Gives new meaning to their slogan

[gooman]

What can Brown do for You?

is it hot in here?

[qda]

seems the brown has hit the fan

Obvious

[YrWrstNtmr]

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Re:Sensitive Data via UPS?

[d474]

Everyone knows that when you have valuable data to transport, you use Johny Mnemonic. I hear he can carry nearly 80 Gigs of data in his head.