Wells Fargo computers stolen

By Dawn Kawamoto
Posted on ZDNet News: Nov 3, 2004 4:42:00 PM

Identity thieves may have obtained sensitive information about thousands of Wells Fargo mortgage and student loan customers, after four computers containing customer account numbers and Social Security numbers were stolen last month.

The incident occurred in mid-October, when the computers were stolen from the Atlanta office of Regulus Integrated Solutions, a vendor that prints the loan statements for the bank. The computers also contained customers' names and addresses.

The theft marks the third time in roughly a year and a half that computers housing Wells Fargo mortgage customers' personal data were stolen.