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Credit card information from more than 200,000 Citibank customers may have been hacked. The hack took place more than a month ago, and is being announced now.


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Hackers likely stole names and email addresses from thousands of Citibank customers. Dan Lyons, technology editor for Newsweek - The Daily Beast, talks about the recent spate of hacking and theft of personal information.

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