sorts of things, customer names, street and e-mail addresses, birth dates and passwords, login information and online i.d.s. it says billing information may have been compromised and it s possible that the hacker also stole credit card information. what s concerning about this is that sony waited for, i believe, six days from when they knew something bad had happened to when they told us something bad had happened. they still don t really know what the hackers got. they should have wait fahd get a clear and full explanation. on the other hand if your credit card information was stolen you might want to cancel your credit card or get a new one or change your passwords or figure out ways of backing up your system. and having an extra six days to get going on that is advantageous. there s a dilemma that companies face when they re hacked. do you quickly tell everybody so they can take precautionary and defensive measures or do you
hacked into sony s playstation networks. now the company says that these hackers made off with personal information like names, billing information, birth dates, and maybe even credit card numbers. how many people might be affected by this? approximately 77 million. i have a playstation in my home. i think i may be one of those folks that was affected as well. so really hackers hit it very big. i mean, i just say that sony has said that it s quite possible that credit cards were stolen and names, addresses, e-mail addresses were compromised. 77 million, brooke. so what do you do if you re one of those 77 million and you re contacted by sony? you know, i error on the side of caution. i think you cancel your credit cards, quite frankly, something that i m going to do. i think you also check to see if you have i.d. theft insurance. call that insurance company. i think you really need to vigilantly monitor your credit
nearly a year after the largest accidental oil spill in history, bp is adding insult to injury. the company says a laptop containing personal information on 13,000 people who filed claims linked to the spill went missing. bp says the information on the lost laptop includes claimants names, social security numbers, addresses, birth dates, everything a cyberthief would need to ruin lives, anne thompson who followed the bp spill throughout is here now. do we know where the laptop is? no, we don t, neither does bp. it was lost during a business trip on march 1st. they know it contained 13,000 names. they ve notified law enforcement officials. their own security is on it at this hour, of course, they do
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papers, please, immigration law. an anonymous vigilante group has beaten you to the punch. in our number one story, a, quote, concerned group of american citizens in utah has a list of 1,300 alleged illegal immigrants living in their state and they are demanding that these people be deported. the list of names was sent to the u.s. customs and immigration office in april. the concerned group provided names, addresses, birth dates, and phone numbers of 1,300 people, which it determined to be in this country illegally. the group demanded quick action, because quoting the cover letter, some of the women on the list are pregnant at this time and steps should be taken for immediate deportation. monday, news outlets began to receive an updated list. according to the salt lake tribune, the new list includes 31 social security numbers, the names and dates of birth of 201 children and the due dates of six pregnant women. almost all of the 1,300 surnames listed are of hispanic origin. as for thei