TSB cancelled direct debits of customers and told firms they died

TSB cancelled direct debits of customers and told firms they died | Daily Mail Online

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"TSB has made another major blunder by cancelling some ex-customers' direct debits and telling the firms they were paying they died. Those affected switched from TSB using the Current Account Switch Service, which was supposed to copy over direct debits to their new bank."

From "TSB cancelled direct debits of customers and told firms they died | Daily Mail Online".

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Websec Canada: Launching replay attacks against the Wells Fargo Wallet service

xxx This white paper is a shortened version of the actual research. Unfortunately, the exploitation bug is not fixed yet. The company was notified and informed about the issue. However, the bug is not fixable (at the moment). From Websec Canada: Launching replay attacks against the Wells Fargo Wallet service . xxx

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