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[LUG] OT: Credit card Security and Tk Maxx

 

Saw the following in this mornings guardian

http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2046153,00.html

"Computer hackers targeting the cut-price fashion retailer TK Maxx have
stolen information from 45.7m credit and debit cards on both sides of
the Atlantic, in one of the biggest electronic heists of its kind.

.......

The hacker was able to snatch potentially sensitive details from four
years of transactions up to December last year, including information
from shoppers who visited the company's 210 department stores in
Britain.

.......

In a message on TK Maxx's website, the group's chief executive, Carol
Meyrowitz, has offered a personal apology to customers and has provided
a free phone number for anybody who believes they may have been
affected: 0800 779015."

The Home Office website on identity theft is
http://www.identity-theft.org.uk/protect-yourself.htm


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Henry
Fri Mar 30 09:09:59 BST 2007

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