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Iceland freezes Bonus Card accounts after 'illegal access' - MSE News

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Thousands of Iceland Bonus Card customers have been caught up in a security breach which saw criminals illegally access accounts and a large number of cards cancelled as a precaution, MoneySavingExpert can reveal...
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  • I'm not surprised. I tried to log in to my new account only to realise they'd registered the next door neighbour to my card by mistake.
  • Stuart_W
    Stuart_W Posts: 1,795 Forumite
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    This should be a news story about safe online behaviours. It isn't Iceland's fault, their systems haven't been hacked.

    NEVER USE THE SAME PASSWORDS ON DIFFERENT WEBSITES PEOPLE!

    More sites should consider adopting 2 factor authentication to make this kind of thing harder.
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