Canadian IBM has lost a harddrive of a Insurance company that contains personal information on more than 180,000 peoples lives.
The hard drive contained the names, addresses, dates of birth, social insurance numbers, and mother's maiden name that can be used to access financial accounts, open new bank accounts, transfer bank balances, apply for loans, creditor card and other financial services, Co-operators said in letters to its customers this week. "I would like to sincerely apologize to our life and pension customers for any concern or inconvenience this has caused," Chief executive officer Kathy Bardswick said at a news conference.
Consumers can protect themselves by alerting their credit card companies and banks to watch for any unusual activity, Bardswick said. They can also ask the credit bureaus, Equifax and TransUnion, to flag their accounts. However, an Equifax spokesperson said consumers should think carefully before doing that as it can hold up future loan applications.
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