Internet service provider Global Internet has admitted that it left user names and passwords for 200 business web sites in an easily accessible file - but has no plans to warn its customers.
The file could be downloaded by any of Global Internet's customers whose sites were hosted on the same machine. The file was protected by simple encryption, which could easily be broken by tools av...
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