Bank of America Corp. said on Friday tapes containing information on 1.2 million federal employee credit cards, among them U.S. senators, were lost in transit, potentially exposing them to theft or hacking.


The bank said a “small number” of computer data tapes were lost during a shipment to a backup data center and that federal authorities are investigating.


“The investigation to date has found no evidence to suggest the tapes or their content have been accessed or misused, and the tapes are now presumed lost,” Bank of America said.


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