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Bank of NY Loses Tapes With 4.5 Million Clients' Data

Posted by Soulskill on from the way-to-go dept.

Lucas123 brings news that Bank of New York Mellon Corp. has admitted they lost a box of unencrypted data storage tapes. The tapes contained personal information for over 4.5 million people. From Computerworld: "The bank informed the Connecticut State Attorney General's Office that the tapes ... were lost in transport by off-site storage firm Archive America on Feb. 27. The missing backup tapes include names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, and other information from customers of BNY Mellon and the People's United Bank in Bridgeport, Conn., according to a statement by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.

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  1. More importantly .. by Spacejock · · Score: 4, Funny

    did they lose the station wagon the tapes were being transported in?

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    1. Re:More importantly .. by Gazzonyx · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, they lost the intern this time. If we're lucky it'll be the consultant next time! ;)

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    2. Re:More importantly .. by commodoresloat · · Score: 2, Funny

      Luckily, the tapes were all 8-track tapes so the authorities have said not to worry, nobody will be able to do anything with them.

  2. New Unit by Wellington+Grey · · Score: 4, Funny

    While it may look bad, it's still only 1/5th of a metric Britain.

    -Grey

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  3. God Bless America by Grimbleton · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can we please go more than a few days without this happening yet again? Thanks.

  4. Re:Unencrypted? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    They already did.
    Don't you think they use their own bank?

    CAPTCHA "Contempt" is somehow appropriate.

  5. The Responsible Thing by not_surt · · Score: 4, Funny

    The bank should do the responsible thing and offer every affected customer a new identity.

  6. Re:Unencrypted? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Turns out, the EU considers the laws in the US as insufficient when it comes to guarding and protecting individual privacy (apparently, we're on a list of untrusted foreign entities when it comes to privacy protection)... For one thing, the EU doesn't consider ROT-26 to be twice as effective as ROT-13.

  7. Re:really? again? by Chapter80 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Actually, the data was encrypted using a complex algorithm called ASC2 or ASC II or something like that. I'm sure the data is safe. No one will be able to decode it. It's gibberish, written in just zeros and ones. If your Social Security Number contains even ONE digit in the range of 2-9, you should be fine.

    Sorry for not revealing too many technical details. I'd hate to give a criminal too much to go on.

  8. Meh by Gazzonyx · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why bother citing when someone will come along and tell you whom it is you're quoting, anyways ;)

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