Clearly, the mortgage industry had its hands full before Friday's arrest of a Citywide Financial Corp. employee for allegedly stealing sensitive personal information for up to two million mortgage applicants.
From CyberInsecure:
The FBI on Friday arrested a former Countrywide Financial Corp. employee and another man in an alleged scheme to steal and sell sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers, of as many as 2 million mortgage applicants. The breach in security, which occurred over a two-year period though July. Countrywide detected the breach and alerted federal authorities, according to Suzy Martin, a spokeswoman for the company. [From Countrywide Financial Insider Steals And Sells Thousands Of Private Customer Records | CyberInsecure.com]
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