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Wells Fargo probed for release of social security numbers

Over on FierceFinanceIT, we regularly discuss IT security measures at financial services companies. Banks are under constant cyber attack these days, pressured daily to safeguard customer

Morgan Stanley loses discs with critical customer data

For all the talk of cyber-criminals and the threat they impose to computer networks, there are a myriad of other threats to data security that are hardly high-tech in nature. Consider Morgan Stanley,

Should Citi have done more for breached customers?

Citigroup has been roundly criticized for what many saw as a dilatory, lackluster response to the breach that affected more than 360,000 customers. Some wonder how long the bank would have taken to

Citi admits data theft after media questions it

The news that cyber hackers were able to compromise Citigroup's Citi Account Online, which housed customer information such as names, account numbers and e-mail addresses, has it home with other

Epsilon breach fallout continues to hit banks

The big breach at Epsilon , the Dallas-based online marketing vendor to more than 2,000 businesses, has stoked a lot of worry about the fallout for banks and other financial institutions. The fear is

Bank decides to take on Google

Rocky Mountain Bank of Wyoming has found itself playing David to Google's Goliath. A bank employee was asked by a customer to send some loan information to a representative of the customer, recounts