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Barclays account details for sale as 'gold mine' of up to 27,000 files is leaked
Daily Mail ^ | 2-8-14 | Ian Gallagher and Stephanie Condron and Simon Watkins

Posted on 02/08/2014 5:31:13 PM PST by dynachrome

Barclays Bank is reeling from an unprecedented security breach after thousands of confidential customer files were stolen and sold on to rogue City traders.

In the worst case of data loss from a British High Street bank, highly sensitive information, including customers’ earnings, savings, mortgages, health issues and insurance policies, ended up in the hands of unscrupulous brokers.

The data ‘gold mine’ - also containing passport and national insurance numbers - is worth millions on the black market because it allowed unsuspecting individuals to be targeted in investment scams.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: accountinfo; bankdatabreach; barclays; databreach
Title truncated from: "Exposed: Barclays account details for sale as 'gold mine' of up to 27,000 files is leaked in worst breach of bank data EVER"

Wonder how safe my info is?

1 posted on 02/08/2014 5:31:14 PM PST by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Bump


2 posted on 02/08/2014 5:36:05 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: dynachrome
health issues? HEALTH ISSUES??? how in the hell does the bank know about their health issues???
3 posted on 02/08/2014 5:38:26 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: dynachrome

Eternal vigilance. Checking your bank balances and credit card transactions and balances is probably a wise action to take.


4 posted on 02/08/2014 5:38:39 PM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: dynachrome

Outrageous and unconscionable.


5 posted on 02/08/2014 5:39:06 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Chode

It is probably private banking. If you’re doing estate planning with a considerable family fortune, your planner is likely to want to know how long you expect to live.


6 posted on 02/08/2014 5:46:52 PM PST by proxy_user
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7 posted on 02/08/2014 5:49:38 PM PST by RedMDer (Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
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To: dynachrome

We’ll all be taking the high tech colonic soon.


8 posted on 02/08/2014 5:51:20 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: proxy_user
ahhh... i guess actuarial tables are a thing of the past
9 posted on 02/08/2014 5:57:35 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: dynachrome

More banking suicides in the future.


10 posted on 02/08/2014 6:38:34 PM PST by windcliff
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To: Chode
Chode :"ahhh... i guess actuarial tables are a thing of the past "

Actuarial tables became a thing of the past as soon as
we came under the insurance guise of ObummerCare
because the only way to level the field is to give all your identity, health care issues and money to others
until we run out of other peoples money , and identity , and we call that Communism !

11 posted on 02/08/2014 7:48:48 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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To: Chode
ObamaCare is another name for taxation into SUBMISSION
12 posted on 02/08/2014 7:49:58 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt
100%!!!
13 posted on 02/08/2014 7:55:13 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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