Darryl R. Isherwood reports: About 600,000 Citigroup customers got a shock earlier this month when they received their annual tax documents – with their Social Security numbers printed on the outside of the envelope. A Citi spokesman blamed a processing error for the glitch and said it has already been fixed. […] “The digits were…
Category: Financial Sector
UK: Bradford branch worker part of theft plot
Michael Black reports: A Bradford bank worker has been jailed for his part in a plot to steal more than £1 million from account holders. Barclays personal banker Chikezie Emeruem, who worked at Bradford city centre branch of the bank, schemed with cashiers Mohamed Iqbal and Tommy Jackman at the Sloane Square branch of Barclays…
Ca: Private bank information discarded (updated)
Sensitive documents containing personal banking information were recently discovered in a Campbell River recycling depot by a Nanaimo man. The documents were found at the Vancouver Island Recycling Centre earlier this month and the discovery raises questions about the proper disposal of sensitive information by financial institutions. A multi-coloured plastic ribbon, stretching about 15 metres…
FL: 1 arrested, 3 sought in ATM ‘skimmer’ scheme
Elaine Silvetrini reports: Four Bulgarian men put “skimmers” on ATM machines at SunTrust banks in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties last summer and obtained identifying information on hundreds of bank accounts, according to a federal complaint. The information was used to withdraw nearly $200,000 from the compromised accounts. Federal authorities have arrested one of the suspects…
N.Y. Firm Faces Bankruptcy from $164,000 E-Banking Loss
Brian Krebs has a piece reminding us that businesses don’t have the same protection as individuals when bank accounts are hit by fraud and/or when the cause of the breach is that the user’s system was infected by malware: A New York marketing firm that as recently as two weeks ago was preparing to be…
The Cost Of A Breach, Heartland Style: At Least $129 Million; Might Be $229 Million
Evan Schuman comments: In its latest financial report, Heartland Payment Systems reported that it dropped $129 million on data breach costs last year (an incident that briefly placed Heartland on Visa’s Bad Breach Boy list). The company added that it still has a reserve of $100 million for additional expenses. As a processor, Heartland’s pain…