[funsec] Some BofA Clients Find Debit Cards Cancelled

[Fergie]

Via SFGate.com.

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Numerous Bank of America customers have had their debit cards canceled and have been blocked from accessing their accounts online after an unnamed company experienced what appears to be a major security breach.

BofA is refusing to identify the company, saying in letters to customers this week only that the breach occurred "at a third-party location unrelated to Bank of America."

This is unusual. Past data-security breaches involving financial institutions have centered on systems being compromised at either bank offices or those of affiliated firms.

Michael Chee, a BofA spokesman, confirmed Wednesday that the breach in this latest case wasn't at a processing center used by the bank or any other affiliate.

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More here:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/09/BUGHLH55SQ1.DTL

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