Clarkson eats words over lost data

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

Iain Thomson, vnunet.com 08 Jan 2008

"TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been forced to eat his own words after thieves hacked into his bank account.

Clarkson said in a newspaper column that the data lost by staff at HM Revenue & Customs was useless, and published his 
own bank details in the article to prove his point.

However, he was forced to apologise publicly after £500 was quickly removed from his account.

Clarkson gave his account number and sort code and hinted at his address. This was enough for him to lose the money."
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More at
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2206703/clarkson-eats-words-lost


Juha-Matti

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