Following the news that the EU data retention ruling went against UK government, Lee Munson, security researcher, Comparitech.com, comments:
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Recently, it was reported that Groupon users fell victim to fraudsters placing high value orders in their name. Below are comments by security experts. Happy reading:
Rob Sobers, director at Varonis says: "Today’s news is the result of billions of compromised user accounts from other breaches now being used to gain legitimate access to Groupon user accounts in order to make high-ticket purchases just in time for the holidays. If hackers can co-opt a consumer’s credentials for Groupon, then data security professionals need to be asking themselves if those same passwords can be used to access their organisation’s data.
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Lee Munson, a researcher for security and privacy advice and comparison website, Comparitech.com, is warning Amazon UK customers to be particularly vigilant about the post-holiday deals they find on Amazon as it has caught out one seller in particular attempting to scam users out of money.
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