http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/oct/20/wells-fargo-mixes-customer-statements/ By Brendan Kearney The Post and Courier October 20, 2011 Several, if not tens of thousands, of Wells Fargo customers received portions of other customers’ bank statements in the mail Wednesday, potentially a massive security breach for the San Francisco-based bank. A spokesman at the bank’s headquarters reached Thursday morning had not heard of the problem. A Charlotte-based spokesman quoted in an ABC News 4 report on the issue said in an email this afternoon that he is still “gathering information.” Meanwhile, customer reports were streaming in to The Post and Courier and other news outlets. Doug Jenkins, a retired engineer who lives on Wadmalaw Island, received his bank statement yesterday afternoon, the first since Wells Fargo completed its takeover of Wachovia, Jenkins’ former bank. At least it was addressed to him. Inside, behind an explainer cover letter, was somebody else’s statement. Jenkins thought it was a sample. But then he recognized the name on the statement, if not the account number and transactions that were also printed. [...] _____________________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News - www.infosecnews.org http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isnReceived on Fri Oct 21 2011 - 00:26:37 PDT
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