The following email was sent to Wells Fargo Policy Works (policyworks@wellsfargo.com) in 2007:
"Currently, Wells Fargo has approximately 363 inventoried yet unencrypted laptop computers on 44 LAN
servers. Is this is a critical security vulnerability?"
Wells
Fargo "addressed" this potential breach of information security and
consumer data privacy with the following dismissive response:
"Please keep
in mind that we know that there are unencrypted laptops / desktops out there,
for a variety of reasons."
I am
sure Wells Fargo customers will be relieved to know their confidential
data (including social security numbers, Wells Fargo account numbers,
addresses, income, and other information) may be stored on hundreds of
unencrypted laptop computers and over 4,000 unencrypted desktop computers (yes, these statistics are fully documented and available to Wells Fargo management). Is anyone at Wells Fargo concerned at all about Identity Theft?