Thieves made off with personal information of 92,408 Citigroup Inc. credit card customers in Japan and sold the data to third parties, Citi said Friday according to Dow Jones. It's the second data theft for Citi in three months and the latest sign of how vulnerable banks and their customers are in a world of high-tech banditry.
Customer account numbers, names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, account-opening dates and gender information were stolen, Citi said. But the most sensitive data, including personal identification numbers and card security codes, weren't taken, reducing the possibility that fraud will occur, Citi said.
Citi said it reported the theft to police after it was alerted to the problem by a customer inquiry. The New York-based company said it has been cooperating with the investigation. Fraud alerts have been placed on the affected accounts, but no suspicious transactions have been detected, the bank said.
