Bank of America insider admits he stole sensitive customer data

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/08/bank_insider_data_theft/

Bank of America insider admits he stole sensitive customer data
Account balances under $100,000 need not apply
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco
Posted in Crime, 8th June 2010 23:57 GMT

An employee in one of Bank of America's customer call centers has admitted 
he stole sensitive account information and tried to sell it for cash.

Brian Matty Hagen said he met with two individuals whom he later learned 
were undercover FBI agents and offered to sell them names, dates of birth, 
telephonic passwords, and other details for Bank of America customers, 
according to court records. He met with them at a restaurant in Sun City, 
Florida, where he told them he was looking for accomplices who knew how to 
milk the accounts by establishing phony credit cards in the customers' 
names or through other means.

At first, Hagen demanded at least half of the resulting take, but later 
was talked down to 25 percent. He demanded he be paid in cash and said 
he'd only deal with accounts that had balances exceeding $100,000.

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