[Dataloss] 2300 British PCs compromised - PII found on seized US computer

[Chris Walsh]

[This one is an interesting -- where the losses are due to malice,  
not just stupidity.  It's sad/amusing that when the London police  
emailed victims, few responded, assuming that the emails were a hoax]

Thousands fall victim to data theft
Graeme Wearden and Tom Espiner
ZDNet UK
October 10, 2006, 17:30 BST
	
Police are trying to contact thousands of UK computer users who have  
fallen victim to an massive personal data heist.

The Metropolitan Police said on Tuesday that a computer seized in the  
US had been found to contain personal information from around 2,300  
PCs based in Britain. This included email addresses, passwords,  
credit card numbers and details of online transactions.

According to the Metropolitan Police Computer Crime Unit, the data  
was stolen via a piece of malware that was secretly installed on the  
victim's machines.
[...]

More at http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39284001,00.htm