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Old 04-09-2006, 01:22 PM   #1 (permalink)
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AT&T revealed late Aug 29, that some undisclosed number of unauthorised persons
had illegally hacked into one of it's Computer Systems & accessed the personal data
- including credit-card info of 19,000 customers who had purchased DSL equipment
through the company's online store!!!

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Old 04-09-2006, 01:32 PM   #2 (permalink)
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AT&T revealed late Aug 29, that some undisclosed number of unauthorised persons
had illegally hacked into one of it's Computer Systems & accessed the personal data
- including credit-card info of 19,000 customers who had purchased DSL equipment
through the company's online store!!!

Read more about it here
when nobody takes security seriously no wonder it was bound to happen
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Old 04-09-2006, 02:10 PM   #3 (permalink)
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no one takes security seriously but claim that they are secure
thanks fo the info
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Old 04-09-2006, 02:24 PM   #4 (permalink)
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when nobody takes security seriously no wonder it was bound to happen
how do u know that AT&T doesnt take security seriously ,, databases are the most secure part.

the hacker must be really brilliant
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Old 04-09-2006, 03:42 PM   #5 (permalink)
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It's not that AT&T didn't take security seriously. The hackers were brilliant enough
to hack into highly-secure AT&T's Computer systems!!!
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Old 05-09-2006, 01:20 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Those hackers...
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Old 05-09-2006, 08:54 AM   #7 (permalink)
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so data is not at all secure ... but these guys are great ..
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