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CharleyO
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Thousands of Brits fall victim to data theft
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October 11, 2006, 09:25:42 PM »
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Since we have a lot of British friends and users on this forum, I thought I would post this for information. Hopefully, none of you are a victum.
British law enforcement agents are trying to contact thousands of U.K. computer users who have fallen victim to a massive personal data heist.
Click the link below to read more of what happened.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6124342.html?tag=nl.e622
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neal62
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Re: Thousands of Brits fall victim to data theft
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October 11, 2006, 09:43:03 PM »
What a shame. It's getting where people don't know what to believe, what's legitimate, or what's false in todays society.
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polonus
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Re: Thousands of Brits fall victim to data theft
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October 11, 2006, 11:01:28 PM »
Hi neal63,
UK residents are more afraid of cybercrime than real crime. So I would say start protecting yourself against these threats with updates, patches, anti-virus, anti-spyware and a firewall.
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Use NoScript, a limited user account and a virtual machine and be safe(r)!
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