Tuesday, 26. August 2008
Topic: e-bay - on August 26, 2008 at 1:07:00 PM CEST
Million bank details sold on eBay
A computer hard disc containing one million sets of bank details was bought on eBay for just £35.
The secondhand PC contained details of customers from American Express, NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland. The files included names, addresses, sort codes, account numbers, credit card numbers, mobile phone numbers, mothers' maiden names and even scans of signatures - more than enough for an identity thief.
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