Over Half a Million Bank Accounts Breached

Gone Phishing writes "CNN is reporting that about 676,000 bank accounts in at least four banks (Bank of America, Wachovia, Commerce Bancorp, and PNC Financial Services) have had personal information "illegally sold". Over 60,000 customers have been notified so far."

Stolen Account Information and Dupes

[ari_j]

Oftentimes, I'll complain about Slashdot dupes. Why can't this be one of those times?

Hmmmm

[Anonymous Coward]

Checks bank account...

shit!

My account is safe.

[mrcrowbar]

Fortunately, my account should be safe. I got a email from Bank of America telling me about their problem, and I filled out their form to resecure my account. Such at great company to take care of their customers like that!

Opting Out of 3rd Party Information Sharing

[Anonymous Coward]

Good thing i've opted out of having my bank share information with other parties. Opting out of information sharing is a wise thing for everyone to do.

Hackensack?

[screwballicus]

The data-theft ring may have perpetrated the nation's largest ever banking security breach, a Hackensack, N.J., police statement quoted a Treasury Department representative as saying.

I only hope that Hackensack don't lack the knack to track this crack attack.

whew

[Himring]

Luckily, I don't use banks. I keep all my money in a thermos under a combination lock. I then tether the combination to a string in a mylor bag and swallow it tying it off on a rigged bicuspid that will send a charge to the bag signaling an incendiary device which will destroy the note unless the tooth is first properly removed. But the bicuspid is fake -- threaded backwards with a one-way screw head. Of course, an anal probe might easily by-pass the oral security, but I recently had my sphincter sewn shut and I only consume nutrient drinks which, by chance, I keep in the thermos....

I know what we can do!

[Anonymous Coward]

Let's make up a "Troll" moderation so that people who post off-tropic tripe to rant about inflammatory political issues can be modded down.

On second thought, let's just mod them Informative.

Can I sell my info before someone else does?

[loggia]

How much are these guys getting?

Like, can I sell my personal information before someone else does?

Re:Hackensack?

[Reorax]

That is WHACK!

So I Log on to Wachovia's Site and See This...

[judmarc]

Customer Protection

Guard yourself against fraud and identity theft. Wachovia provides the highest levels of protection and stands ready to assist you should you become a victim.

Irony, anyone?

Re:I am NOT a script.

[Anonymous Coward]

I azm NOT a sczripzt.

Fo shizzle snoop, get off slashdot already.

Re:check your accounts

[MarkGriz]

"Wachovia says that they sent out letters to everyone they know to be affected"

Sent out letters?
Welcome to the 21st century, Wachovia.

My bank promptly sent me an email alerting me to the problem, and allowing me to log in (via a secure server) and check my account status immediately. Fortunately my account wasn't hacked.

Does this mean...

[nightskier]

that I should start responding to all those "Wachovia Bank Confidential Information" emails?

Re:The bigger they are...

[eht]

Actually I prefer the big guys over the one credit union I was with, never had a single problem with Citi or HSBC, but Visions Federal Credit Union (IBM's credit union based out of Endicott area) I've had no end of troubles with.

Nickel-and-dime is all they did, right now I owe them over 40$ to close my 20$ account and the number just grows year after year, I get statements from them, but I just shred them.

Sucka!

[Grendel Drago]

You would trust any email with a link to go log in to your account? Man, I'm amazed you have any money left to check on!

--grendel drago

It's deja vu all over again!

[Thud457]

If this keeps up, pretty soon we'll all be using the same identity!

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? -- aparently a blind drunkard that's easily bribed.

Re:Stolen Account Information and Dupes

[Afrosheen]

So, you're saying it's unreasonable to trust the bank with your information and your money? Well, what's the point of having a bank account then? I know a guy named Vinnie down the street that'll loan me money and hold my money for me. The only difference here is that Vinnie won't leak information and won't lose my money.

Bank of Vinnie: Now 99% more secure than Bank of America.

Re:Stolen Account Information and Dupes

[Afrosheen]

"...so let get some money to gether and buy a congress person or two"

We'll let you be the spokesperson, you seem to have a strong grasp of the language.

Re:My account is safe.

[Spectre]

Um, are you sure it was the bank that contacted you? Sounds like a SPAM scam to me. . .

Are you by any chance damaged in the pre-frontal lobe [slashdot.org]?

Re:Stolen Account Information and Dupes

[Ty]

Yeah that's all fine and good but you should know that Vinnie takes your dough and deposits in the bank down the street.