Over the weekend came word that Citigroup Japan had suffered a breach that effected 92K customers.

From Nikkei.com:

Thieves made off with personal information of 92,408 Citigroup Inc. credit card customers in Japan and sold the data to third parties, the bank said Friday. 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.

Hey, maybe they can offer them free subscriptions to Lifelock (/sarcasm)

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