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Dell warns of data breach, 49 million customers allegedly affected (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 10 months ago by Wilshire to c/technology
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The leak didn't include phone numbers or emails but I'm sure there will be attempts at spear phishing businesses since they can figure out the business name from the physical address.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It's trivial to get phone numbers given an address in most cases.