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Security Measures We are contacting you to remind you that: on 16/10/2005 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account, one or more attempts to log in to your account from a foreign IP address. IP Address Time Country 80.53.1.130 16/10/2005 15:05:08 PDT Poland 80.53.255.174 16/10/2005 15:07:58 PDT Poland 141.85.99.169 16/10/2005 15:13:09 PDT Romania 141.85.99.169 16/10/2005 21:28:08 PDT Romania 195.61.146.130 16/10/2005 21:33:43 PDT Romania To securely confirm your account information please go directly to https://www.bankofamerica.com/users.cgi?section=signin=yes and perform the steps necessary. Did You Know? You can change your address, order checks and more online. Sign in to Online Banking and click on the "Customer Service" tab. Because your reply will not be transmitted via secure e-mail, the e-mail address that generated this alert will not accept replies. If you would like to contact Bank of America with questions or comments, please sign in to Online Banking and visit the customer service section. Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender © 2005 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved
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Security Measures We are contacting you to remind you that: on 16/10/2005 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account, one or more attempts to log in to your account from a foreign IP address. IP Address Time Country 80.53.1.130 16/10/2005 15:05:08 PDT Poland 80.53.255.174 16/10/2005 15:07:58 PDT Poland 141.85.99.169 16/10/2005 15:13:09 PDT Romania 141.85.99.169 16/10/2005 21:28:08 PDT Romania 195.61.146.130 16/10/2005 21:33:43 PDT Romania To securely confirm your account information please go directly to https://www.bankofamerica.com/users.cgi?section=signin=yes and perform the steps necessary. Did You Know? You can change your address, order checks and more online. Sign in to Online Banking and click on the "Customer Service" tab. Because your reply will not be transmitted via secure e-mail, the e-mail address that generated this alert will not accept replies. If you would like to contact Bank of America with questions or comments, please sign in to Online Banking and visit the customer service section. Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender © 2005 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved
Bank of America: 1.2 million federal employee credit cards exposed
http://www.time.com/time/nation/printout/0,8816,1032140,00.html Time Magazine Friday, Feb. 25, 2005 A New Cyber-Security Breach Bank of America says at least 1.2 million federal employee credit card accounts may be exposed to theft or hacking By TIMOTHY J. BURGER Try 4 Issues of TIME magazine FREE! In the financial world's latest cyber-identity crisis, Bank of America today is warning the holders of at least 1.2 million of its federal employee credit card accounts that a major security breach may have left their account information exposed to theft or hacking, according to a senior U.S. official and Bank spokeswoman. The U.S. official said that federal law enforcement is investigating the loss of several Bank of America data backup tapes that were being transferred across country by air when they disappeared in December. We are proactively sending letters to impacted cardholders, said Alexandra Trower, spokesperson for Charlotte-based Bank of America. She said that after intensive account-monitoring, the tapes are at this point believed to be lost, not stolen. We, with federal law authorities, have done a very robust, thorough investigation on this and neither we nor they would make the statement lightly that we believe those tapes to be lost, she said. We have no evidence that the tapes have been accessed in any way. We have witnessed no unusual activity. And we've been monitoring the situation very closely. The U.S. official said a large percentage of the accounts are for the Pentagon but that some 40 federal agencies and other entities are affected. Some of the tapes related to non-federal card-holders, the official added. Trower would not comment on which agencies are affected, referring questions to the General Services Administration. A GSA spokesperson had no immediate response to an inquiry about the matter, including whether any of the Pentagon's billions of dollars in secret black programs could be affected. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the data loss includes files on 900,000 of the Pentagon's three million or so military and civilian workers. It is a significant number of the Department's employees, he said, declining to say whether it affected any who are working undercover. -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA ... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience. -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
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MICRO-ELECTRONICS Sector Spotlight - Clients: IBM, VISA, Maytag, Bank of America, USA Today, Tue, 27 Apr 2004 04:05:35 -0500
Tue, 27 Apr 2004 04:05:35 -0500 US Stock-Market - Stock Profile of the Week Symbol: QIIIF Market: NASDAQ/OTC.BB Sector: MICRO-ELECTRONICS QIIIF already has an impressive array of clients, including some of the world's leading corporations like IBM, Bank of America, USA Today, VISA Intl., Chase Manhattan Bank, Mastercard intl., and more. Before we begin our profile we have very exciting, breaking news... RICHMOND, British Columbia---PRNewswire-FirstCall---QI Systems Inc. (QIIIF), the industry leader in smart card solutions, announces that the company hass launched a new sales and marketing effort, both domestically and internationally. The company is promoting its memory card technology utilizing informational programs, direct sales contact and an enhanced market presence. QIIIF is preparing for a renewed presence in high level trade associations, such as ACT Canada and Card Tech / Secure Tech, and is planning to attend several major technical meetings during the coming year. In addition, the company plans to seek promotional opportunities in key trade journals and publications. STOCK PROFILE OF THE WEEK QIIIF's focus is the design, development and marketing of payment terminals for smart cards. The primary applications are unattended point of sale (UPOS) systems such as soft-drink vending machines, snack vending machines, laundry machines (washers and dryers), pay-and-display parking systems, newspaper boxes, photocopiers, etc. INTRODUCTION TO SMART CARDS A Smart card consists of a microelectronic chip embedded in a plastic card with a contact pad on the card's surface and/or an embedded antenna for contactless communication. As a payment device a smart card is a much enhanced and more versatile version of a magneticc stripe card or debit card. Value loaded to a smart card's purse is prepaid and resembles cash. Smart cards can be used for secure purchase of goods via a payment terminal interfaced to a soft drink vending machine, snack vending machine, laundry unit (washer or dryer), newspaper vending box, pay-and-display parking terminal, transit gate, photocopier or other Unattended Point-Of-Sale (UPOS) device. There is no need for exact change or for any change at all. Smart cards can be used as well for payment in attended Point Of Sale (POS) applications, and can also be used to confirm identity, to access buildings or to carry data such as personal health records, driver's license details, and biometric data including finger prints or voice prints. Biometrics can be used to further authenticate identity for high security applications. SMART-VEND SOLUTION SmartVend solution is made for your vending needs. Already the SmartKit has been adapted for a variety of applications including Drinks/Snacks, Newspaper, Parking, Copier/Vending, Laundry and Water vending. SmartVend for Printers and Copiers: SKC supports existing OEM photocopiers by Xerox and Kodak and printers by Hewlett Packard and Epson. Interfaces for other OEM equipment can be rapidly developed. Depending on host machine support, SKC can be installed at cost-cutting without its console housing in existing payment cabinets. The SKC design makes installation simple, both in the field and on the factory floor. Machine sales and vend data upload and exception log handling are accessed by a handheld device or merchant accumulator card. SKC may be bundled with either, pre-paid disposable, or reloadable cash cards for use with our card dispenser and reload stations. All system components support electronic audit. THE FUTURE OF SMART CARDS The applications for smart cards in the future is limitless. We would like to focus on one in particular. As the debate over a national personal identification system intensifies, the smart card industry is gearing up a campaign to make sure its chip-based technology is the leading contender for such a system. The Smart Card Alliance, the industry's trade association, released a white paper Jan. 30 that argues for the advantages of smart cards against other technologies that could be candidates for a personal ID card. The alliance will use it to initiate a concerted pitch to policymakers in the public and private sectors. Alliance members have been encouraged by what they see as the leading role of the federal government in the recent growth of smart card use. Once the Common Access Card [CAC] for the Defense Department has been issued, we expect other agencies will begin to pick up on the use of smart cards, said Bob Merkert, director of strategic accounts, and PC and network security for SCM Microsystems. DOD has committed to issuing the CAC to 4 million military and civilian employees, he said, and distribution could be extended to more than 13 million people when retired personnel, family members and others are taken into account. The State Department also is implementing a smart ID card for automated access control of its buildings
MICRO-ELECTRONICS Sector Spotlight - Clients: IBM, VISA, Maytag, Bank of America, USA Today, Tue, 27 Apr 2004 05:34:41 -0500
Tue, 27 Apr 2004 05:34:41 -0500 US Stock-Market - Stock Profile of the Week Symbol: QIIIF Market: NASDAQ/OTC.BB Sector: MICRO-ELECTRONICS QIIIF already has an impressive array of clients, including some of the world's leading corporations like IBM, Bank of America, USA Today, VISA Intl., Chase Manhattan Bank, Mastercard intl., and more. Before we begin our profile we have very exciting, breaking news... RICHMOND, British Columbia---PRNewswire-FirstCall---QI Systems Inc. (QIIIF), the industry leader in smart card solutions, announces that the company hass launched a new sales and marketing effort, both domestically and internationally. The company is promoting its memory card technology utilizing informational programs, direct sales contact and an enhanced market presence. QIIIF is preparing for a renewed presence in high level trade associations, such as ACT Canada and Card Tech / Secure Tech, and is planning to attend several major technical meetings during the coming year. In addition, the company plans to seek promotional opportunities in key trade journals and publications. STOCK PROFILE OF THE WEEK QIIIF's focus is the design, development and marketing of payment terminals for smart cards. The primary applications are unattended point of sale (UPOS) systems such as soft-drink vending machines, snack vending machines, laundry machines (washers and dryers), pay-and-display parking systems, newspaper boxes, photocopiers, etc. INTRODUCTION TO SMART CARDS A Smart card consists of a microelectronic chip embedded in a plastic card with a contact pad on the card's surface and/or an embedded antenna for contactless communication. As a payment device a smart card is a much enhanced and more versatile version of a magneticc stripe card or debit card. Value loaded to a smart card's purse is prepaid and resembles cash. Smart cards can be used for secure purchase of goods via a payment terminal interfaced to a soft drink vending machine, snack vending machine, laundry unit (washer or dryer), newspaper vending box, pay-and-display parking terminal, transit gate, photocopier or other Unattended Point-Of-Sale (UPOS) device. There is no need for exact change or for any change at all. Smart cards can be used as well for payment in attended Point Of Sale (POS) applications, and can also be used to confirm identity, to access buildings or to carry data such as personal health records, driver's license details, and biometric data including finger prints or voice prints. Biometrics can be used to further authenticate identity for high security applications. SMART-VEND SOLUTION SmartVend solution is made for your vending needs. Already the SmartKit has been adapted for a variety of applications including Drinks/Snacks, Newspaper, Parking, Copier/Vending, Laundry and Water vending. SmartVend for Printers and Copiers: SKC supports existing OEM photocopiers by Xerox and Kodak and printers by Hewlett Packard and Epson. Interfaces for other OEM equipment can be rapidly developed. Depending on host machine support, SKC can be installed at cost-cutting without its console housing in existing payment cabinets. The SKC design makes installation simple, both in the field and on the factory floor. Machine sales and vend data upload and exception log handling are accessed by a handheld device or merchant accumulator card. SKC may be bundled with either, pre-paid disposable, or reloadable cash cards for use with our card dispenser and reload stations. All system components support electronic audit. THE FUTURE OF SMART CARDS The applications for smart cards in the future is limitless. We would like to focus on one in particular. As the debate over a national personal identification system intensifies, the smart card industry is gearing up a campaign to make sure its chip-based technology is the leading contender for such a system. The Smart Card Alliance, the industry's trade association, released a white paper Jan. 30 that argues for the advantages of smart cards against other technologies that could be candidates for a personal ID card. The alliance will use it to initiate a concerted pitch to policymakers in the public and private sectors. Alliance members have been encouraged by what they see as the leading role of the federal government in the recent growth of smart card use. Once the Common Access Card [CAC] for the Defense Department has been issued, we expect other agencies will begin to pick up on the use of smart cards, said Bob Merkert, director of strategic accounts, and PC and network security for SCM Microsystems. DOD has committed to issuing the CAC to 4 million military and civilian employees, he said, and distribution could be extended to more than 13 million people when retired personnel, family members and others are taken into account. The State Department also is implementing a smart ID card for automated access control of its buildings
