And on February 25th, Bank of America revealed that it lost data tapes that contain personal information on over 1m government employees, including some Senators.

ECONOMIST: Identity theft

Citigroup has begun notifying some 3.9 million U.S. customers that computer tapes containing information about their accounts have been lost by United Parcel Service (nyse: UPS - news - people ) while in transit to a credit bureau.

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But as many of those involved in the archiving of the original tapes moved on, retired or passed away their location has been lost.

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