Wells Fargo mortgage discloses data theft

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Company says police asked it to delay reporting incident


Wells Fargo & Co. is sending letters to an undisclosed number of home-mortgage customers, acknowledging that the company delayed telling them about a potential security breach of their confidential information, including names, addresses and Social Security numbers.

Wells Fargo said it agreed to keep the suspected theft of a computer loaded with customer information quiet for months at the request of law enforcement officials, whom they refused to identify.

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The company confirmed the computer was reported missing during the first part of the year, and it was not a laptop.

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The company further stated that law enforcement "no longer believes notification would interfere with their investigation, and we are contacting you now to alert you of the situation and suggest ways to reduce any potential risk to you."

http://statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060523/BUSINESS/605230339

Tinfoil hate time: I am beginning to think the Republicans are going into
the business of selling SocSec numbers to illegals.

[MADem]

1. Jesus H. Christ

The VA, Wells Fargo...when will this shit end???

It's going to get to the point where we'll HAVE to go biometric on every transaction to ensure security...and then some dick will find a way to replicate our iris scans, fingerprints or DNA.

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2. Aha! I like your idea better than mine. Biometrics!!!

The new fad for your personal security...provided for you by Those Who Know....BushCo Crime Family
Dynasty.

My second thought is massive credit card theft rather
than illegals. CC theft involving millions of citizens
will surely hurry biometrics along. And we will be
happy to have it.

O happy day! BushCo will put on their crimefighter
outfits and save the day.

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3. Geez, what's next? Data mining of state repositories of death

certificates? Nothing is 100 percent protected.