2.6 Million Circuit City Cardholders Exposed
Current and former account holders of the Circuit City credit card are being notified that their personal information was thrown out with the trash.
Chase Card Services said it mistakenly tossed out computer tapes with the personal information of Circuit City card holders. It said it believes the tapes, inside a locked box, were compacted, destroyed and buried in a landfill.
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Chase said it has begun notifying customers and is monitoring affected accounts and has not identified any misuse of personal information. A free, one-year credit monitoring service is being offered to individuals whose social security number was on the thrown out tapes.
Source: Reuters Kudos to Patricia for the tip!
Written by MCruz on September 8th, 2006 with no comments.
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