From: lyger (lygerattrition.org)
Date: Wed Jan 09 2008 - 19:29:45 CST

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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2206703/clarkson-eats-words-lost

"TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been forced to eat his own words after
thieves hacked into his bank account.

Clarkson said in a newspaper column that the data lost by staff at HM Revenue &
Customs was useless, and published his own bank details in the article to prove
his point.

However, he was forced to apologise publicly after £500 was quickly removed
from his account.

Clarkson gave his account number and sort code and hinted at his address. This
was enough for him to lose the money."

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