Two million vulnerable to identity theft after huge Countrywide data breach
Friday, August 8th, 2008Two million records containing Social Security numbers and private financial information were stolen and sold by a former employee of the corporation’s sub-prime mortgage division.
So far, the identities of 19,000 customers are confirmed to have been compromised.
Every Sunday for two years Robert Rebollo Jr., a senior financial analyst, went into the office and downloaded the files of 20,000 customers. The batches of files were then sold for $500 each. (more…)
