Reply #8: Weren't Senators Leahy and Dole amonst those with Bank America lost [View All]

[KoKo]

tapes?

This article says "a hacker posing as a businessman" got the info from Seisint. The article goes on to say they don't know if it's the same hacker. What if it is the same hacker? Who is the hacker looking for.
This doesn't seem like someone looking for the average Sally and Joe America. It was hacking for a purpose.

(Just found article that says Dole thought her info was lost but it turns out it wasn't. But 30 other Senators data WAS lost..who are they, only Dems?)


Bank security lapses prompt notification bill proposal
The Charlotte Observer, N.C. -- March 01, 2005

Mar. 1--Prompted by recent lapses at Bank of America Corp. and ChoicePoint Inc., a New Jersey senator said Monday he will introduce a bill requiring companies to notify customers of security breaches involving personal data.

Bank of America last week said it lost computer tapes in December containing personal information for 1.2 million federal workers, including U.S. Senators. The Charlotte company said it informed customers as soon as it received permission from federal authorities investigating the case.

A spokeswoman for N.C. Republican Elizabeth Dole said Saturday that the senator's data was likely lost, but the Senate Rules committee told Dole's office Monday that it was not missing, press secretary Lindsay Taylor said.

About 30 senators' data was on the lost tapes, a source said Monday. Information for other Carolinas senators appears to be safe, spokespersons said.