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- A Virgin Media server left facing the public internet contained more than just 900,000 people's "limited contact information" as the Brit cable giant's CEO put it yesterday.
In fact, the marketing database also contained some subscribers' requests to block or unblock access to X-rated and gambling websites, unique ID numbers of stolen cellphones, and records of whichever site they were visiting before arriving at the Virgin Media website.
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johnnyFive · 1490 days ago · link ·
Pretty much. Not only that, but it's not like this was some devious hack...they left everyone's info exposed to the internet as a whole.