[privacy] Fwd: [Dataloss] CO: Western Union Database Breach

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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FYI.

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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:26:31 +0000 (UTC)
From: d2d <d2d () attrition org>
To: dataloss () attrition org


http://www.nypost.com/seven/07172007/news/nationalnews/hacker_attack_hock_n
ationalnews_chuck_bennett_and_c_j__sullivan.htm

Hackers raided a poorly secured Western Union database and stole the
personal 
data of more than 20,000 customers, including 1,300 New Yorkers, the 
wire-transfer company admitted yesterday.

The thieves got names, addresses, phone numbers and complete credit-card 
information after a breach sometime in late May, according to a letter sent
to 
customers by James Keese, Western Union's privacy officer.

The data was held in an "offline" file not accessible through
westernunion.com, 
said company spokeswoman Sherry Johnson.

"We are not aware of any ID theft or any kind of fraudulent use that was
made 
from this information," she said and added that the FBI is investigating
the 
incident.

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