Citigroup, UPS involved in customer data loss
Date: Wednesday, June 08 @ W. Europe Daylight Time
Topic: Business
BEIJING, June 8 -- Citigroup has begun notifying some 3.9 million US customers that computer tapes containing information about their accounts have been lost by United Parcel Service (UPS) while in transit to a credit bureau...
BEIJING, June 8 -- Citigroup has begun notifying some 3.9 million US customers that computer tapes containing information about their accounts have been lost by United Parcel Service (UPS) while in transit to a credit bureau. The New York-based financial giant said a box containing the tapes, which was picked up May 2 at a data center in New Jersey, was lost by UPS during transport to a Texas facility for credit bureau Experian. Citigroup said that a box of computer tapes with account information for 3.9 million customers had been lost in shipment. (AP) CitiFinancial discovered the box was missing May 24. UPS said it has been unable to find the missing box, despite an exhaustive search.
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