http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0618/1224249068004.html By Conor Lally Irish Times June 18, 2009 SOME 75,000 Bord Gais customers have been warned to monitor their bank accounts for suspicious transactions after a laptop computer containing their account details was stolen. The office of the Data Protection Commissioner has warned those affected that fraudsters could potentially use their information to withdraw money from their accounts or take out loans in their name. “The risk may be low but there is a risk,” said Deputy Data Protection commissioner Gary Davis. Four laptops were stolen from Bord Gais offices on Foley Street in Dublin’s north inner city in the early hours of Friday, June 5th. One of the computers, containing the banking details of about 75,000 people, was not encrypted. [...] _____________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News security bookstore! http://www.shopinfosecnews.orgReceived on Thu Jun 18 2009 - 02:09:52 PDT
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