Data includes account numbers, passports, and information that can be used by brokers for investment scams.

Barclays is investigating the possible leak of thousands of documents that contain customer information, the latest in a series of blows to the U.K.-based bank.
As many as 27,000 Barclays (BCS) customer files with personal and financial information have been stolen, according to a whistleblower report published by the Daily Mail.
The files included details such as income, savings, mortgages, health issues, insurance policies, passport and national insurance numbers — data that brokers could use for investment scams. It’s unclear how the information was stolen.
Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/10/news/barclays-data-theft/
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