Hundreds of thousands of Citibank customers had their account information accessed by hackers recently, according to an announcement Wednesday by the bank. Hackers gained access to the accounts through Citi Account Online, the bankโs online banking website.
About 1% of the bankโs card customers were affected by the breach, according to Citiโs description to Reuters.
Customersโ names, account numbers and contact information, including email addresses, were illegally accessed. Hackers failed to get other information including birth dates, Social Security numbers, card security codes and expiration dates.
โWe are contacting customers whose information was impacted,โ a spokesman told Reuters. โCiti has implemented enhanced procedures to prevent a recurrence of this type of event.โ
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I just watched a documentary on the dark web, and I will never feel safe using my credit card again!
Luckily I don't have to worry about that. I have ExtraCredit, so I get $1,000,000 ID protection and dark web scans.
I need that peace of mind in my life. What else do you get with ExtraCredit?
It's basically everything my credit needs. I get 28 FICOยฎ scores, rent and utility reporting, cash rewards and even a discount to one of the leaders in credit repair.
It's settled; I'm getting ExtraCredit tonight. Totally unrelated, but any suggestions for my new fear of sharks? I watched that documentary too.
...we live in Oklahoma.
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