Lost Customer Data Proves Costly For Mortgage Firm

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Chicago, IL -- "We are writing to let you know that a computer tape containing information about you and your mortgage account with ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. has been lost while being transported by DHL courier service to a credit reporting company..." Approximately two million customers of ABN AMRO Mortgage, a unit of LaSalle Bank, received that letter during the week of December 16. In an age of rising identify theft, it was not a welcome holiday greeting. The computer tape included the names, account information, payment history, and Social Security numbers of ABN AMRO residential mortgage customers.