[IP] UPS lost package containing Citigroup customer info
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From: leigh <leigh_b@xxxxxxx>
Date: June 6, 2005 2:07:56 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: UPS lost package containing Citigroup customer info
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http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/06/news/fortune500/security_citigroup/
index.htm?cnn=yes
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Citigroup said Monday that personal
information on 3.9 million consumer lending customers was lost by UPS
while in transit to a credit bureau -- the biggest breach of customer
or employee data reported so far.
Citigroup did not immediately return a call to CNN seeking comment,
but it sent its customers a letter saying the tapes included Social
Security numbers, names, account history and loan information about
retail customers, and former customers, in the United States.
The letter added that the company had no reason to believe the
information has been used inappropriately and that it has received no
reports of unauthorized activity.
"We deeply regret this incident, which occurred in spite of the
enhanced security procedures we require of our couriers," Kevin
Kessinger, executive vice president of Citigroup (Research), said in
a statement. "Beginning in July, this data will be sent
electronically in encrypted form," said Kessinger, who heads the
company's consumer finance business in North America ...
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