Some new Wells Fargo customers in South Carolina and Floridareceived a surprise in this week's mail: An estimated 30,000got statements belonging to other customers.
The misdirected statements in many instances included accountand routing numbers, some transactions, and for customers who hadestablished direct deposit of paychecks, Social Security numbersmay also have been disclosed, admitted Wells Fargo spokespersonJosh Dunn in an interview
The bank pointed to a malfunctioning printer in Charlotte,N.C., as the cause of this significant security breech.
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