America Online Inc subscribers were the unsuspecting targets of a cyber thief when they filled in personal details and credit card numbers, for what they thought was a update to the companies records. The subscribers were sent an electronic message titled important AOL information, writes the Herald Tribune, and were asked to turn to a web page to fill details about themselves. The potential fraud brings back into play the question of internet security and its growing associated problems.
AOL SUBSCRIBERS FALL PREY TO CYBER THIEF
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