An estimated 200,000 customers have had their details stolen in the latest in the recent series of high profile hackings. Other targets have included Sony's Playstation Network, Google and defense contractor Lockheed Martin.
Citigroup have said that during routine monitoring they discovered that around 1% of its 21 million credit customers had had their details stolen, including account numbers and e-mail addresses. They insisted though that hackers had not been able to access birthdates, social security numbers or card security codes. This means that the hackers should not be able to use the information for identity theft, the usual aim of this sort of data theft.
However, the details the thieves need could be obtained using the stolen e-mail addresses so the bank and their customers must remain vigilant.
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