Tesco customer account details shared online by hackers

Sooraj Shah
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More than 2,000 details posted online using details from other security breaches

Supermarket giant Tesco has had to deactivate thousands of its customers' online accounts after their login names and passwords were revealed by hackers. More than 2,000 Tesco.com account detail...

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