Canada - BMO laptop on lam

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

Courtesy PogoWasRight.org

http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/OttawaAndRegion/2006/09/08/1814249-sun.html

HUNDREDS of banking customers have been told to monitor their accounts 
after a laptop containing personal information was stolen from a downtown 
Ottawa branch.

Stolen computer contains personal data for 900 of bank's clients

A spokesman for BMO Bank of Montreal confirmed yesterday that a laptop 
containing clients' personal information went missing last May from its 
Capital Centre branch on Laurier Ave. W.

Michael Edmonds said the data of less than 900 clients was on the laptop 
when it went missing from the branch.

"To this date, we're not aware that any information has been used for any 
fraudulent activity," Edmonds said yesterday, noting that the bank is 
monitoring the accounts.

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