Merrill Lynch Quiet on Reported Security Breach
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Charlie Gasparino from CNBC is reporting a major data breach at Merrill Lynch:
“According to sources, the device contained sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers, about some 33,000 employees of the financial firm.”
link: Merrill Lynch ID Theft May Affect 33,000 Employees
This would be a data base ‘goldmine’ for identity theft. Not only are the Social Security numbers compromised, but the people on that data base are employees of a brokerage firm. Therefore, most likely, their financial history is good. That is an ideal situation for identity theft.
Catherine Forsythe
[tags]merrill lynch, data breach, security, privacy, identity theft, charlie gasparino, employees[/tags]
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