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Security Breach At Investment Company Compromises Personal Information Of Customers |
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Saturday, 26 November 2005 |
Greensboro, NC -- Millions of names, addresses, social security numbers, and bank account numbers could be in dangerous hands.
Officials with Scottrade, an investment company with an office in Greensboro say a security breach compromised the information of some of its account holders.
A letter to customers says a hacker broke into the E-secure system which transfers money from customers bank accounts to their investment accounts.
The letter says the breach happened October 25th.
One local Scottrade customer, who wishes to remain anonymous, says he got the later on November 25th.
"Who knows when the information will drop off from whoever hacked into the system," the man says. "Who knows if information is up on a chat room right now being sold to the highest bidder."
Scottrade officials say despite access to the information, they arent certain the hacker actually took the information.
The breach does not affect all of Scottrades customers.
This only affects those who use the E-secure system to transfer money from their bank account to their investment account.
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