http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20080913-9999-1b13breach.html By Mike Freeman UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER September 13, 2008 Mortgage lender Countrywide has contacted some San Diego County customers to tell them their personal information, including Social Security numbers, was stolen as part of a massive security breach uncovered about two months ago. Countrywide, which was recently bought by Bank of America, is offering to pay for two years of credit-report monitoring for customers who were victims of the breach, according to a letter sent to victims. Some letters arrived this week. On Aug. 2, Countrywide and the FBI in Los Angeles announced that a former company employee had been arrested on suspicion of stealing reams of personal information of thousands of the company's customers over a two-year period. He sold the Social Security numbers and other data to third parties, according to authorities. The investigation is continuing. Two men, former employee Rene Rebollo Jr. of Pasadena and Wahid Siddiqi of Thousand Oaks, have been charged with felonies in the case. Both men pleaded not guilty last month. Siddiqi allegedly resold the data. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Sun Sep 14 2008 - 23:20:56 PDT
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