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Nationwide Anyone seen a laptop?

LOST 3 months ago! :1 laptop containing all account numbers and names of nationwide customers because an irrsponsible emlpoyee took it home. As this was such an urgent situation in august when it was lost customers will be sent a letter of apology in a few weeks. No passwords, or personal data or pins were on the laptop. (if there was i assume they would have told us last week instead.

Why they even allow employees to leave nationwide offices with a laptop or any form of storage device (with or without customer infiormation) is beyond me. Talk about lax security!

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linkuk
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linkuk writes

As you have more detailed knowledge of the contents of the laptop than has been released, expect a visit! ;-)

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Gordon H

Only whats on newsites and on the news. Ive seen reports of this sort of thing happening in the states but not here. Just had to be my bank didnt it! lol I wonder if anyone got fired for allowing this to happen.

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linkuk

linkuk writes

Speakin' for myself, as another customer, I hope they were severely 'carpeted' for it, and closely watched (thinking about inside jobs). Maybe take his/her laptop away, but someone already has... :-(

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Gordon H

I agree with that. Surprised theres no company policy about never taking any customer information out of the office. I think i read a while back that in certain industries they have very strict rules about employees leaving with sensitive information and even have rules about memory sticks not being permitted inside the office. We wont ever know but id like to know what level of employee was able to take it home. My brother in law works for another bank and always takes work home with him and until now its never occurred to me that he might have a laptop full of information. Hes is in the business banking sector and from what ive been told he hardly goes into the office so he must have sensitive information on his computer and for a business to have sensitive information lost the results could be a potential disaster for a company. I think ill ask him how secure he is.

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linkuk

There was.....

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Daytona

Good intent but IMHO a bad move. Now they know that you were a recepient of a "phising email". Your money gets stolen and I can predict their position "you received a phishing email and must have responded to it ....."

Jim A

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Jim Alexander

Jim Alexander writes

I see your point, but I was aware of such emails long before NW warned me about them, and before I received my first 20M quid from Nigeria. ;-)

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Gordon H

[Tee hee] - have they given you their bank details yet? ;-)

"Jim Alexander" wrote

Yeh, and next time you witness a mugging, don't tell the police -- 'cos if you do, then when *you* are later mugged, they'll say.....!! :-(

Hmmmm.....

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Tim

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