Countrywide Suffers Long Term Data Breach
Millions of Countrywide customers may be at risk for identity theft:
“…In early August, the FBI arrested 36-year-old Rene Rebello, a former Countrywide employee in Pasadena and another man who is said to be involved in an alleged scheme to steal and sell sensitive personal information, including security numbers, of as many as two million mortgage applicants.”
link: Countrywide Employee Allegedly Sells Customer Info
Countrywide is offering free credit monitoring for two years. Potentially this data breach could cost Countrywide hundreds of thousands of dollars. Because of the length of time over which this data breach took place, it would be prudent for any former and present Countrywide customers to take steps to monitor their credit and use freezes to prevent their identities from being misused.
Catherine Forsythe
Tags: Countrywide, credit monitoring, data breach, identity theft, privacy, security
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