B of A “lost” backup tapes with customer credit card, Pentagon and possibly “black project” data
“In the financial world’s latest cyber-identity crisis, Bank of America today is warning the holders of at least 1.2 million of its federal employee credit card accounts that a major security breach may have left their account information exposed to theft or hacking, according to a senior U.S. official and Bank spokeswoman.”
I don’t know what’s with the “cyber” - is the Times implying that this isn’t real or not important or what?
“.... The U.S. official said that federal law enforcement is investigating the loss of several Bank of America data backup tapes that were being transferred across country by air when they disappeared in December. ...”
“...The U.S. official said a large percentage of the accounts are for the Pentagon but that some 40 federal agencies and other entities are affected. Some of the tapes related to non-federal card-holders, the official added. Trower would not comment on which agencies are affected, referring questions to the General Services Administration. A GSA spokesperson had no immediate response to an inquiry about the matter, including whether any of the Pentagon’s billions of dollars in secret “black” programs could be affected. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the data loss includes files on 900,000 of the Pentagon’s three million or so military and civilian workers. “It is a significant number of the Department’s employees,” he said, declining to say whether it affected any who are working undercover.”
I’d like to have a look those tapes, but not to steal peoples’ identity.
Posted by Christine on 02/25/2005 at 07:24 PM
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