An asthma attack card has been produced by Asthma UK to ensure that people know what to do in the event of an asthma attack.
Three years before they were infiltrated by hackers via an unprotected WiFi access point Lowes suffered a similar attack targeting their credit card information.
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While all computers are susceptible to attack, a database plump with credit card numbers invites the most shenanigans.
One of the most common styles of attack on small businesses targets credit-card information that a hacker can sell or use to make fraudulent purchases.
People can indicate on the card what their commonest signs of an attack are, as well as add their own contact details and the telephone number of a medical contact.
Fortunately, credit card numbers and details were not compromised in the attack.
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Interestingly enough, it appears that one of the reasons why Anonymous was able to attack the website was because Stratfor neglected to encrypt the credit card and other personal information about its subscribers.
The card provides basic information on how to recognise an asthma attack and what steps to take.
In April 2011, Sony suffered a devastating PSN attack which affected an estimated 77million people, including the theft of credit card information.
The marauding McFadden, who was playing on his own in attack after Mikael Forssell was sacrificed for defender Stuart Parnaby following the red card, was brought down by Mathieu Flamini.
"Given the scale of the global credit card networks, it is almost impossible to detect every kind of attack, " he said.
As of today, the major credit card companies have not reported any fraudulent transactions that they believe are the direct result of this cyber attack.
Hackers infected banner ads run by marketing firms such as Germany's Falk Esolutions, causing users who visited certain Web sites displaying Falk ads to download a Trojan horse that steals credit card numbers by exploiting yet another undetected vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer (a zero-day attack, once again).
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