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Michelle Obama's ID details hacked from data brokers
Source: BBC
26 September 2013 Last updated at 11:53 GMT
Michelle Obama's ID details hacked from data brokers
Hackers stole millions of social security numbers by cracking open the networks of large US data brokers, reveals an investigation.
The ID details of US First Lady Michelle Obama and many other famous people were exposed by the hack attack.
Journalist Brian Krebs tracked the information back to hackers who ran an online market for confidential data.
He found they got their data by compromising computers sitting on the data brokers' corporate networks.
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Michelle Obama's ID details hacked from data brokers
Hackers stole millions of social security numbers by cracking open the networks of large US data brokers, reveals an investigation.
The ID details of US First Lady Michelle Obama and many other famous people were exposed by the hack attack.
Journalist Brian Krebs tracked the information back to hackers who ran an online market for confidential data.
He found they got their data by compromising computers sitting on the data brokers' corporate networks.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24284277
