Chase Data for 2.6 Million Ends up in Landfill

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday September 8, 2006 @10:17AM from the that's-something-of-an-oops dept.

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."

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Re:I say... by rolfwind · 2006-09-08 10:36 · Score: 5, Insightful

The landfill or Chase?
Re:I say... by quanticle · 2006-09-08 10:46 · Score: 5, Insightful

Both. Its the only way to be sure.

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