tomburgoyne

To all those who have noticed (or more likely not), dissertation time came around meaning this blog has been rather neglected. So apologies firstly for that. Moving on, the main topic of this post (which has been floating around my mind for some time) is towards, as I see it, the recent 'trend' of notable/major companies websites or services being hacked. Since the turn of the year, the number of website hacking happening to various companies has become a worrying trend. I had the delight of having to cancel my debit card after being told by Lush Cosmetics (I used them to get a Christmas present for my girlfriend, I swear :p) that their whole website had been compromised and all credit card details and the like had been taken. A few weeks later, I was then contacted by play.com informing me that I was more than likely about to receive more spam than I already do because all their customer contact details (held on a company affiliated to them I must add) had been hacked. The...