P2P data leak hits ABN Amro
Data on more than 5,000 ABN Amro customers has reportedly been found on the BearShare peer-to-peer network.
According to media reports, the compromised data had been stored on three spreadsheet files which contained personal information on more than 5,000 customers, including Social Security numbers.
The files were traced to a home computer in Florida reportedly owned by a former ABN Amro employee.
P2P systems have become increasingly dangerous for enterprises. The file-sharing services are part of a group of applications commonly referred to as 'greynets'.
