Citibank discovers flaw in security

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The bank's customers have been able to browse the personal information of people who applied over the company's Web site for a credit card
By Amber Chung
STAFF REPORTER
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2003,Page 1

The personal information of more than 2,000 people who applied online for a Citibank N.A. credit card could have been leaked as a result of a computer error, a Citibank executive said yesterday.

The company has suspended the service and will compensate customers if the data they supplied to the company has been leaked, said Victor Kuan (管國霖), Citibank Taiwan's country business manager for consumer banking.

"We closed this online credit-card-application service and the online customer-inquiry service right after we found the flaw," Kuan said.

"We have also begun to check the viewing records of more than 2,200 applicants ... to see if there is a possible leak of information, and if so, the number of customers' whose information has been leaked," Kuan said. "We should be able to get the result by the end of today."

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1. What I don't like about Citi-Bank is its controlled by Saudi Arabia

I currently have a citi bank account. I'm changing that.