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Online gamblers personal details sold for quick cash (update 2)

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Dissent

Nick Haslem of AustralianGambling.com.au reports: In an alleged shocking betrayal of player privacy by gambling companies that includes 888, William Hill and Full Tilt Poker, AustralianGambling.com.au has today obtained a sample of player details that has been sold and traded like a commodity. At the time of printing, they have all refused to clarify whether…

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Computing website apologises for data gaffe

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Dissent

John Oates reports: Venerable tech mag Computing has apologised to readers who clicked on a link in a marketing email only to find a completed form filled with someone else’s account details. The email offered readers who filled in the survey the chance to win an Aston Martin track day. However, it appears that all…

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McDonald’s Canada targeted by debit fraud

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Dissent

McDonald’s Canada is co-operating with Winnipeg police as they investigate allegations of debit card fraud targeting at least one of the fast-food chain’s local outlets and ranging as far as Quebec. The news Thursday came one day after Winnipeg police said hundreds of people were victimized after debit card machines and PIN pads had been…

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UPDATE: Zurich data loss affects 641,000

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Dissent

Leo King reports: Insurance giant Zurich has lost the sensitive personal account details of 641,000 customers held on backup tape. The company admitted the tape had been missing for over a year in South Africa, after it was lost en route to a secure storage unit in August 2008. But it has only just noticed…

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Insurer Zurich loses customers’ details

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Dissent

Nick Collins of the Telegraph reports: Insurance giant Zurich has admitted losing the personal details of 51,000 British customers. The group said the backup tape was lost during a routine transfer to a data storage centre in South Africa in August last year. It said it had no evidence that the data had been misused,…

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Gaping security hole turned 64,000 Time Warner cable modems into hacker prey

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Dissent

Tim Greene reports: A blogger helping to tune a friend’s wi-fi network uncovered a gaping security hole in Wi-Fi cable modem routers installed in 64,000 Time Warner subscribers’ homes, leaving them open to attack. Time Warner says that within the past week it has patched the problem until the manufacturer can provide a permanent fix,…

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