Chase Goofs Up For Circuit City Customers

On the heels of one of the largest mishaps to happen at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which said in May that data on 26.5 million veterans was stolen, comes the Circuit City credit card (a division of JP Morgan Chase) debacle.

On Thursday, September 7, Chase Card Services said that it mistakenly tossed out computer tapes with the personal information of Circuit City card holders. Now this is not a hacker or cyber intruder, mind you, this was just a stupid mistake.

Chase is trying to make it right. Though no attempts have yet been identified to misuse this personal information, Chase is offering customers a free, one-year credit monitoring service is being offered to individuals whose social security number was on the thrown out tapes.

All other Chase cards are still secure. This incident effects Circuit City credit card holders only, and you should be contacted by Chase soon.

We always need to protect ourselves from online predators, but sometimes we just need to protect ourselves against sheer incompetence.

. . . Stephanie

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Chase Goofs Up For Circuit City Customers