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Manu Zacharia (-M-)

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Bank of New York Mellon loses data on 4.5 million

« on: May 27, 2008, 07:26:46 AM »

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An unencrypted backup tape holding the personal information of about 4.5 million The Bank of New York Mellon customers disappeared three months ago while in possession of a third-party vendor, the Connecticut attorney general announced Wednesday.


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Re: Bank of New York Mellon loses data on 4.5 million

« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2008, 07:49:16 AM »

Ouch!

Looks like heads are gonna roll...


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Re: Bank of New York Mellon loses data on 4.5 million

« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2008, 08:30:09 AM »

Quote from: Dengar13 on May 27, 2008, 07:49:16 AM

Ouch!

My thoughts exactly...

It's the fact it took so long to inform clients of the breach that worries me most. I might be wrong being on the other side of the pond but I thought the states have breach notification laws for this kind of event?

Also why is obviously important data stored on unencrypted media being transferred by a third party between sites? Glad it's not my signature on the risk-assessment/cost-benefit analsis for that one.