UK: Thousands of Brits Fall Victim to Data Theft

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via C|Net News.

[snip]

British law enforcement agents are trying to contact thousands of U.K.
computer users who have fallen victim to an massive personal data heist.

The Metropolitan Police said on Tuesday that a computer seized in the
U.S. had been found to contain personal information from around 2,300
PCs based in Britain. This included e-mail addresses, passwords, credit
card numbers and details of online transactions.

According to the Metropolitan Police Computer Crime Unit, the data was
stolen via a piece of malicious software that was secretly installed on
the victims' machines.

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More:
http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-6124342.html

- ferg


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