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A bunch of high-net-worth individuals and stock traders are opening letters with the unwelcome message “we were breached” under the Dow Jones letterhead. The Murdoch-owned company says it has notified 3,500 individuals that their personal data might have been accessed in a breach that dates back to August 2012. That's almost …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Devil

    Encrypted in code or codeine.....

    Was we hopin' for hashed or weeded, or even potted???

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  2. Your alien overlord - fear me

    How do they actually know only 3500 accounts were stolen? Is that *all* their subscribers?

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  3. wolfetone Silver badge
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    For once, I don't feel at all sorry for the people affected.

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  4. Grikath

    3 years...

    Given the nature of the company I'd say this was a "quality over quantity" excercise. And quite some restraint from whoever made the breach.

    That's 3 years of direct access to live contact details of the Who's Who In... That's a payday and a half in the right quarters...

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  5. Gene Cash Silver badge

    Stock market

    Maybe just 3,500, but if they can predict what the biggest Dow Jones companies are doing, they can make an absolute killing on the stock market and get away with it.

    Needs moar "ka-CHING" icon...

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  6. Kev99 Silver badge

    I won't rant about the idiots who trust the internet on this one.

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