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BC Hydro asks customers to check bills after online security breach

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Dissent

Michael Mui reports:

BC Hydro is asking its online credit-card customers to check their bills after a security breach was detected last week.

Corporation spokeswoman Jennifer Young said the breach — which involved credit card information not being properly encrypted — has been corrected, but urges those who paid online with a credit card in June to double check just in case.

Read more on 24H.


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