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Chase Data for 2.6 Million Ends up in Landfill
svonkie writes to mention a ComputerWorld story about some bad news from some 2.6 Million Chase credit card customers. These folks are being told that tape backups with their information were mistakenly thrown away back in July. There's apparently no need to worry about possibility of compromised personal information; the company believes the tapes were destroyed at a landfill. Just the same, "To prevent similar incidents, Chase said it is strengthening its security procedures and is conducting a review of all data storage and protection processes. Chase began notifying the affected customers about the incident yesterday and said the process is expected to take two to three weeks. The company is offering one year of free credit monitoring to people whose Social Security numbers were on the tapes."
Is this data not encrypted!?!
Yikes! A dumpster diver's paradise!
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These folks are being told that tape backups with their information were mistakenly thrown away back in July.
Well, they better go Chase it!
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Company spokesman says, "Ooops. Our bad. Please, Mr. Government, whatever you do to punish us, don't give us lots of money. We hate that." Government officials are trying to determine how much money to punish them with.
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I say they nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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Now we know where this guy funds his science projects and student loans.
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Inconceivable! You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means
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That suggests a limited imagination. It's easily concieved by anyone who's been following such news recently. What may be inappropriatelyconceivable is that there's a company that could never do such a thing -- if it's possible, it must be that they don't employ humans.
I know this for a fact, because of all the spam I keep getting telling me to fix the particulars of a Chase bank account which I have never had in the first place. Obviously there are bit errors in the data :-)
Someone had to do it.
> So what it came down to is someone not doing the proper procedure.
I think they missed the fine print in step 3:
Chase Inc.
Procedure manual.
Page 1.
While cleaning out the server room:
1. Place trash barrel in center of room.
2. Remove tape from backup drive.
3. Toss backup tape across room to storage rack on opposite side of room.*
4. Collect all trash and place in trash barrel.
5. Bring trash to dumpster.
* Be sure not to allow tape to land in trash barrel.
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That would stink.
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