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Private bank e-mail goes awry

What do a tiny bulletin board service in Virginia and one of Spain's largest banks have to do with each other? Far too much.
Written by ZDNET Editors, Contributor

What do a tiny bulletin board service in Virginia and one of Spain's largest banks have to do with each other? Far too much. Jim Caldwell has been running Bulletin Board VA -- BBVA.com, for short -- for about four years, with a steady trickle of Web traffic. But last fall, when Banco Bilboa Vizcaya of Spain merged with Argentaria SA, the two formed BBVA. And ever since, Caldwell, in his tiny rural Virginia BBVA.com office, has been receiving hundreds of e-mails -- some with sensitive bank information destined for Spain. Full Story. -- Bob Sullivan, MSNBC

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