The largest bank data theft in USA affected about 700,000 customers at 4 different banks: Wachovia Corp., Bank of America Corp., Commerce Bancorp Inc. and PNC Bank NA.
9 people, including 7 former bank employees and 1 former manager of the New Jersey Department of Labor, were arrested. Police in Hackensack, N.J., are continuing their investigation into the theft by a crime ring that apparently accessed the data illegally through the former bank employees.