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UK Data Breach at Safeway: 25,000 Emails Exposed by Online Threat

Calendar Aug 14, 2000 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Safeway's UK Web site is the latest major company site to suffer at the hands of the darker side of the Internet - the supermarket chain was reported this weekend to have had its 25,000-strong mailing list compromised.

Safeway's UK Web site is the latest major company site to suffer at the hands of the darker side of the Internet - the supermarket chain was reported this weekend to have had its 25,000-strong mailing list compromised.

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