Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Top Gear host makes fun of ID theft... and gets owned

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Chris Slycord
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From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea
Registered: Mar 2007

posted 01-07-2008 10:02 PM

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The Top Gear host revealed his account numbers after rubbishing the furore over the loss of 25 million people's personal details on two computer discs.

He wanted to prove the story was a fuss about nothing.

But Clarkson admitted he was "wrong" after he discovered a reader had used the details to create a £500 direct debit to the charity Diabetes UK.

At least the hacker had a sense of humor to send it to worthy cause.

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Brad Miller
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posted 01-08-2008 12:57 AM

We have a thread for this sort of thing called "post your random links here".

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