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BT Support Calling – NOT
BT Support Calling… Apparently there is an urgent issue with my Internet! Wow! Just got my first scam call for a few years. They’ve obviously got bored trying to talk older folk and decided to try their luck with a harder target. When you get an unexpected support call like this the best action is … Continue reading
Password blackmail
Well, this one is just rolling and rolling. Starting in the summer of 2018 some enterprising scammer decided that the vast number of password exposures can be used for a new purpose – directly blackmailing the account holders. These exposures quite often list both the email address and password for some service or other. Perhaps … Continue reading
Dixons Carphone identify 1.2M record Data Breach
An interesting statement from Dixons Carphone. It should be noted that this is listed as a potential breach, rather than proven. 1,200,000 personal records have been breached via unauthorised access. Additionally (in a separate incident), 5,800,000 chip and pin card details have been accessed and 105,000 non-EU card details that do not have chip and … Continue reading
Hacked off: Lakeland latest to admit to a successful attack
Many Lakeland customers will have received an email yesterday (23rd July 2013) informing them of an attack on the companies computer systems. These are important notices that you should read.
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