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Data Breach Alert: Wells Fargo notifies 5,000 to 7,000 people that their data has been compromised
Posted by Caitlin on August 14th, 2008
Sometime in May or June, a Wells Fargo bank employee access code was used to steal thousands of Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, driver's license numbers and, in some cases, credit card numbers. Only a small number of the impacted individuals were actually Wells Fargo customers.
Wells Fargo has sent letters to most of the impacted individuals notifying them of the breach and offering them a one year subscription to Identity Guard. The bank lacks contact information for about 2,400 of the victims, and is currently in the process of finding addresses in order to notify these people as well.
For more information about Identity Guard or other identity theft protection services, see our reviews and comparison.
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August 15th, 2008 at 6:20 am
This is why it is so important to have a monitoring service that will help keep a watch on where your identity is being used. Our information is out there and you hear a new story almost every day where it has been lost, stolen, or sold by a various company. Obviously, you can't just quit giving it out, because it is require to do any business in the US, but you can employ a company that will give you early detection of wrongful uses. Credit monitoring doesn't cover enough. You have to look at where people are setting up utilities, phone accounts, catch them when they file change of address, employment. Secure Identity Systems searches these databases to alert you for uses of your identity for credit and these other places.
August 15th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Hi Stephanie,
While we have not reviewed Secure Identity Systems, you are right in saying that since it is impractical to avoid putting our personal information in the hands of various companies that are susceptible to breaches like this one, the only reasonable protection is an identity theft monitoring service.
Thanks,
Caitlin Podiak
NextAdvisor.com