UK: Security breach hits thousands

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http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/chroniclelive/eveningchronicle/tm_headline=security-breach-hits-thousands&method=full&objectid=19522958&siteid=50081-name_page.html

A COUNCIL computer blunder has led to a serious breach of security for 
credit and debit card holders on Tyneside.

Police and security experts have been called in after details of thousands 
of people's cards were downloaded to an address which has been traced to 
the Middle East.

As a result of the mistake, millions of financial records held by 
Newcastle City Council have been accessed and up to 54,000 individual card 
holders are affected.

Information was placed in error on an open server site which could be 
accessed by outsiders instead of a secure network. The site was shut down 
as soon as the problem was discovered.

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