The Register Email Address Blunder

First time accepted submitter Tim99 writes "This morning I got an email from The Register informing me that they have sent 3,521 of their readers the names and e-mail addresses of 46,000 other readers. Considering their frequent rants about security this has got to be a major FAIL." El Reg writes: "Obviously, this was an error. The two-stage send process that is the norm for all of our mailers was over-looked because someone was in a hurry."

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Reported themselves to the ICO

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They've put their money where their mouth is, and reported themselves to the Information Commisioner's Office for the breach.