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Norm Coleman Pays Back Funders By Posting Credit Info
It seems former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) is having one of those years. In the latest in a series of fiascos, financial data for at least 4,700 Coleman campaign donors was leaked and posted online -- including contact information and credit card numbers.
The Republican and his aides are outraged by the "cyber-attack." The truth is a little more embarrassing.
Former Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign didn't do enough to protect donors' confidential information, and Wednesday that lapse came home to roost as more than 4,700 partial credit card numbers were posted on the Internet.
As data-privacy and security experts criticized the campaign's handling of a confidential donor database, the Republican and his aides suggested partisan motives -- and told donors they should cancel their credit cards. [...]
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