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2013 — Citigroup: Third big data breach from Citigroup, 150K records

2013 150.0K records affected Share on X

Technical writeup

Third big data breach from Citigroup.The personal information of 150,000 consumers who went into bankruptcy between 2007 and 2011 – including their social security numbers – were exposed after Citi failed to properly redact court records before they were put on the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system.

Root cause

Accidentally published

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