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Fraudster Jailed After Pillaging Facebook Accounts for Personal Information
« on: August 15, 2011, 12:51:44 PM »


A British man stole £35,000 (approximately US$ 55,000) from his neighbours' bank accounts after determining their passwords via personal information they posted on Facebook.

Fortunately, there's some advice which the rest of us (and indeed online banks) might take away from the story to make all of us more secure in future.

Complete article:
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/08/15/fraudster-jailed-after-pillaging-facebook-accounts-for-personal-information/
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