Laptop From eBay Exposes Data For 1 Million Bank Customers

This goes to show no matter how careful you are, the stupidity of some company somewhere can still compromise your data. WHY was this data even kept on a laptop to begin with? Companies that do stupid things like this need to be held accountable for their actions.

Personal details of more than 1 million customers of Royal Bank of Scotland, American Express and NatWest are found on a computer sold on auction site eBay. RBS said the information included historical data related to credit card applications and data from other banks, but would not disclose further details.The information was being held by archiving firm Graphic Data, which copies paperwork from some of Britain's biggest financial organisations and stores it digitally.
The Daily Mail said names, addresses, mobile phone numbers, bank account numbers, sort codes, credit card numbers, mothers' maiden names and even signatures had been left on the hard drive.

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