Eflow – the company that is responsible for operating the M50 tolls – have warned people to be aware of possible fraudulent texts or emails There are scam text messages currently circulating regarding unpaid tolls. Anybody who receives such messages should ignore them and not open any links. eFlow does not ask customers to open […]
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The majority of debit cards and some credit cards have a contactless facility these days . This means that anyone in posession of the card can use it to pay for goods up to the value of €30 without a PIN. (More about Contactless Cards here). If you lose your debit card, or it is […]
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Paddy Power, the online bookmakers , are this week in the process of contacting 649,055 people who may be affected by a data breach that happened in 2010. They say that no financial information or customer passwords were compromised in the incident and that customers’ accounts are not at risk as a result. The full […]
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Auction site eBay is advising users to change their passwords after a cyber-attack compromised its systems. Ebay said a database had been hacked between late February and early March. The database included eBay customers’ name, encrypted password, email address, physical address, phone number and date of birth. Whilst the passwords are encrypted – some hackers […]
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The recent publicity surrounding the potential credit card fraud at the Local Property Tax call centre has prompted us to look into how common this type of fraud is. We sometimes hear about IT systems being hacked and credit card details being stolen – but how safe are your credit card details when paying over […]
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