Two Billion-Dollar Banks Suffer Data Breaches – Names, Social Security Numbers and Account Details of 1,890 People Impacted

Two Billion-Dollar Banks Suffer Data Breaches – Names, Social Security Numbers and Account Details of 1,890 People Impacted


Two banking giants recently reported data breaches that impacted thousands of people in the state of Texas.

The Phoenix-based Western Alliance Bank reported a breach that impacted 1,222 Texans, according to a notification published on the Texas Attorney General’s website.

The notification doesn’t include the number of out-of-state residents that were impacted, so the total scope of the breach remains unknown.

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Stolen information includes names, addresses, social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, government-issued ID numbers, account numbers, credit card numbers, debit card numbers and birth dates.

Western Alliance Bank reports nearly $83 billion in consolidated assets, according to U.S. Federal Reserve Statistics.

In a separate filing with the Office of the Maine Attorney General earlier this year, the bank reported that an unauthorized actor exploited

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