Citigroup Inc. said hackers who penetrated the bank’s online account site had stolen data from about 2,000 credit card customers located in North America. These include names, account numbers, as well email addresses of the customers.

The hackers have seen the account data for about 1 percent of the bank’s credit card customers, the financial institution said. In North America, Citibank has further than 21 million credit card customers based on its annual report in 2010.

According to the New York-based bank, the problem was discovered during routine monitoring. It did not know the exact number of breached accounts, but, it is currently contacting its customers.

However, the bank said important information such as birth dates, card security codes or card expiration dates and social security numbers were not included in the breached data. If that data were stolen, it could be used by cyber criminals to apply for several credit cards and withdraw money from customer’s bank accounts.

Citibank’s credit card customers could still be exposed to other problems. Bank account details, as well as financial information linked to the customers may be obtained through the account numbers and email information that the hackers had stolen.

Recently, several firms have been infiltrated with high-profile security attacks by cyber hackers. However, the Citibank credit card data breach was the latest in those series of attacks. Spokesman Sean Kevelighan said through an email that the bank is already enhancing procedures to avoid a similar data breach from taking place again.

A small plane filled with bundles upon bundles of cocaine crashed on Sunday in a lake in New Mexico. The police said that everyone on board was killed in the incident.

Lieutenant Eric Garcia said that they do not know the exact number of people inside the aircraft when it crashed. However, they saw no signs of survival when the accident occurred.

He also said that they closed down all access to the Heron Lake after the accident occurred since bundles of cocaine started floating on the surface.

The state police responded immediately after they received reports from the fishermen in the area. They sent a boat and a team of divers to nose-dive into the lake. Garcia said that the plane was submerged in the waters. The accident took place at around 11 in the morning, local time.

The witnesses said they did not notice how it happened. The fishermen said that they only saw the plane while it was already sinking into the lake.

The Albuquerque National Weather Service said that reported wind gust and thunderstorms in the area occurred at about the same time the crash took place.

The accident is being investigated by the Texas Federal Aviation Administration in Forth Worth. But, they offered no further information about the accident.

The Heron Lake State Park is located over the edge of a reservoir and is around a hundred miles north of Santa Fe. Police say the situation is now under control after the 3-mile wide and 4-mile long access to Heron Lake was shut down.