Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Top Gear host makes fun of ID theft... and gets owned

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Posted by Chris Slycord (Member # 4239) on 01-07-2008, 10:02 PM:

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The Top Gear host revealed his account numbers after rubbishing the furore over the loss of 25 million people's personal details on two computer discs.

He wanted to prove the story was a fuss about nothing.

But Clarkson admitted he was "wrong" after he discovered a reader had used the details to create a £500 direct debit to the charity Diabetes UK.

At least the hacker had a sense of humor to send it to worthy cause.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 01-08-2008, 12:57 AM:

We have a thread for this sort of thing called "post your random links here".