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Citigroup: 360,000 Accounts Affected In Security Breach

When word first broke that the accounts of Citibank cardholders were hacked, the number was pegged somewhere around 200,000. Citigroup has updated that figure, saying it was actually 360,000. Ouch. [WSJ]


June 15, 2011
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Hackers Broke Into Citigroup And It Was Easy

In one of the ballsiest bank break-ins in recent memory, a team of hackers based in Eastern Europe managed to crack open Citigroup’s massive store of their customers’ personal financial data. Just by hacking Citi’s customer website.


June 9, 2011
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Hundreds Of Thousands Of Citigroup Accounts Hacked

Citgroup says 1 per cent of its credit card accounts have been accessed by hackers, which was brought to their attention by “routine monitoring”. Citigroup has 21 million account holders, meaning as many as 210,000 accounts were viewed.