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Employee ID firm leaves 76,000 fingerprints exposed online with email addresses and phone numbers

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Employee ID company leaves 76,000 fingerprints exposed to hackers online along with email addresses and phone numbers Anteus Tecnolgia  develops and distributes Fingerprint Identification Systems Security researchers discovered their database  was unprotected The bucket contained  76,000 unique fingerprints of employees  It also had 81.5 million records that contained emails and telephone numbers Hackers could use … Read more

Weather, the World Cup and public holidays impact on the numbers of patients booking GP appointments

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Britons book more GP appointments when it is cold and rainy – but they make fewer visits when it is sunny or snowing, research shows. Scientists also found patients booked fewer appointments on days last summer that the England football team played in the World Cup. Spikes in attendances also occur after public holidays and … Read more

Bourton-on-the-Water Cotswolds village drop in tourist visitor numbers amid coronavirus

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Britain’s tourist hot spots have seen visitor numbers plummet as coronavirus grips hold of the UK.  Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire is usually a must-see destination and attracts hundreds and thousands of tourists every year.  But businesses in the idyllic Cotswold village have seen takings drop by up to 20 per cent for the first time in … Read more