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Car shoppers' credit details exposed in bulk
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-09-25

At least 1,000 automobile shoppers who submitted online credit applications to any of 150 different automotive dealerships around the U.S. had their personal and financial details exposed on a publicly-accessible website, according to a computer security consultant who stumbled across the privacy gaffe.

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Car shoppers' credit details exposed in bulk 2003-10-02
Anonymous
This appears to be a no win situation for anyone with some computer knowledge. There have been too many accounts of people stumbling onto a vulnerability and getting screwed for it. There has to be a way for a consumer to identify a problem and report it without that person being investigated by th...

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