Citigroup hackers stole $2.7 million in recent breach

By on Jun 27, 2011 at 6:50 PM
Security June 27, 2011

A recent online security breach involving the left of 360,000 credit card numbers will cost Citigroup $2.7 million, the company confirmed to U.S. government officials on Monday. Hackers infiltrated Citigroup servers last month and stole account numbers and personal information associated with over 360,000 Citi-branded credit cards. According to Citigroup, personal information and card numbers from approximately 3,400 cardholders was subsequently used to make about $2.7 million in unauthorized purchases. Citigroup stated that affected customers would be reimbursed for the fraudulent charges. No arrests have been made in association with the breach.

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  • Anonymous

    Apple will rule the world. True story™©®

    • Anonymous

      True story™©®

    • Puppet781

      Are u challenged apples are the easiest to hack.

  • Anonymous

    I wonder what they bought…

    • Wcwashers

      Less than $9 per card….

      • Anonymous

        Try about $794. Not all card numbers stolen were used, only about 3400.

      • serpentor

        Still less than $9 per card because they had to steal 360k card numbers to get the 3,400.

      • sirpaul

        “…card numbers from approximately 3,400 cardholders was subsequently used to make about $2.7 million in unauthorized purchases.”

  • Anonymous

    why is that dude grimacing under his mask like that….looks like Gary Busey under there.

  • http://twitter.com/derrickisonline Derrick -Lex-

    That’s great they’ll be reimbursed, but what other information that could possibly lead to identity theft down the road was stolen.  Social security numbers?  They clearly most likely had name, address, phone, and credit card numbers but what else.

  • Bob

    Your post needs to be proof read.. theft not left, were not was.

  • http://jlscribbles.com jlscribbles

    Hey, this headline is misleading, it implies the hackers got away with $2.7M. More accurately, they “cost” Citigroup $2.7M rather than steal it from them, which would require possession on their part.

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