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Newspaper readers' data stolen

Rights, Scams and Politics

Robert Powell
Updated on 30 August 2011 | 4 Comments

Robert Powell reports on the recent hacking of the Sun newspaper website and looks at what you can do to protect yourself from cyber-crime...

After the recent theft of thousands of users' personal details from the website of the Sun newspaper, Robert Powell takes a closer look at online fraud and what you can do to avoid it.

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Mike10613
06 August 2011
The message here surely is newspapers owned by News International aren't trusted or reputable!
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Mycroft
06 August 2011
"One such affected customer was Emma Davies, Publishing Director here at lovemoney.com" Hmmm. So senior personnel at lovemoney.com have accounts on The Sun website. Interesting. Mycroft
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poppasmurf
04 August 2011
Ha ha ha, Chav's "reading' the sun give me a break!
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