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Security Breach Reveals Customer Data on Acer's Australian Web Site

The names, e-mails, contact numbers and other private details about customers of computer maker Acer were revealed on its Australian Web site. The security breach was created three months ago by a software glitch that went unnoticed by Acer.

Major privacy breach at Acer site, Australian IT, February 2, 2005