TeamViewer claims user password practices are behind spate of attacks

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Users of remote access software report PC takeovers by hackers - but company suggests users are at fault

Users of TeamViewer, remote login software that enables PCs to be accessed over the internet, claim that the software has been used in a series of attacks that have, in some cases, led to the theft...

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