American bank has lost the data about 650 thousand holders of credit cards
23 January 2008American bank GE Money has lost the data containing the personal advertisement of more than 650 thousand US residents, who has used programs of consumer crediting in popular trading networks, informs AP.
The data have been recorded on a streamer which should be stored in a special warehouse. However during the verification in October, 2007, the carrier with a backup copy of a bank database was not found.
The lost carrier, as informed representatives of the bank, contained, in particular, social security numbers of 150 thousand Americans. These people within one year will be given free-of-charge information on their credit history that will allow to reveal timely swindle attempts, informed representatives of the bank. At that they did not specify, whether there are causes to suspect any criminals.
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