Reactions to the Paddy Power data breach

  • 1 August 2014
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Comment: Security Experts give their comment on the data breach.
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By HNS Staff/Posted on 01 August 2014.
 
Paddy Power is contacting 649,055 customers in relation to a data breach from 2010. The historical dataset contained individual customer’s name, username, address, email address, phone contact number, date of birth and prompted question and answer. Customers’ financial information such as credit or debit card details has not been compromised and is not at risk.

Here are some of the comments Help Net Security received:
 
Help Net Security/ Full Article Here/ http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=17195

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How did it take them four whole years??
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How did it take them four whole years??
Glad you asked that question, it 's inexcusable.
 
Another class action in the works?

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