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Old 29th January 2017, 13:53   #1
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Default Acer penalized $115k for leaving credit card info unprotected

It wasn't nearly as bad as Yahoo leaking 500 million users' data, but Acer had its own hacking scare last year. Back in June, the Taiwanese computer manufacturer admitted that somebody stole credit card information for nearly 35,000 individuals who b...

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