QUEBEC COMPUTER CONTAINING PERSONAL DATA OF 700 CUSTOMERS STOLEN FROM MONTREAL BANK EMPLOYEE700 identities stolen from Canadian bank .:. NewKerala - India's Top Online NewspaperPosted on 27 Sep 2005 # UPI


700 identities stolen from Canadian bank
MONTREAL: A Canadian bank has urged 700 clients to close accounts and cancel credit cards after an employee's laptop computer was stolen.

Montreal-based National Bank of Canada said the employee's home was broken into Sept. 9, and the computer containing personal information on the customers was among the things taken.

The data included names, addresses, banking and credit information, as well as the Social Insurance numbers of customers.

Bank spokeswoman Jos?e Lagace told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., everything seemed to be in order Tuesday.

"There have been no cases of fraud involving in any of our clients," she said.