Pentagon Credit Union Database Compromised 108
Trailrunner7 writes "The credit union used by members of the US armed forces and their families has admitted that a laptop infected with malware.was used to access a database containing the personal and financial information of customers. The Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed) issued a statement to the New Hampshire Attorney General that said data, including the names, addresses, Social Security Numbers and PenFed banking and credit card account information of its members were accessed by the infected PC."
I still find it crazy that... (Score:4, Interesting)
I still find it crazy that systems like these don't have dedicated computers for accessing that info. Personally, I *refuse* to enter ANY kind of password into most peoples laptops, let alone access sensitive information belonging to thousands of people. Then again, no one cares about "other peoples information" until that other person is you...
This what they did for me... (Score:2, Interesting)
They gave me a new CC# right away, and offered two years free credit monitoring. Meh, Better than nothing I guess.