Data Breach Compromises More Than 57,000 Bank of America Accounts

Names, addresses, business email addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers were exposed in the breach, according to a letter sent to customers.

A customer uses a Bank of America ATM in Boston, Mass., on Oct. 11, 2017. Brian Snyder/Reuters

More than 57,000 Bank of America accounts were compromised following a data breach by an unauthorized third party at financial software provider Infosys McCamish Systems (IMS) last autumn, officials have said.

At least 57,028 customers were affected by the breach, which occurred on October 29 last year after an unauthorized third party accessed IMS systems, resulting in the non-availability of certain IMS applications, according to a data breach disclosure form filed with Maine’s attorney general (pdf).