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2010 — Citigroup: About 600,000 Citigroup customers got a shock…

2010 600.0K records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Personal information

Technical writeup

About 600,000 Citigroup customers got a shock earlier this month when they received their annual tax documents with their Social Security numbers printed on the outside of the envelope. The digits were not identified as a Social Security number, and they were printed at the lower edge of the mailing envelope with other numbers and letters that together resembled a mail routing number.

Root cause

Unintended disclosure

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