(((Do not publicly trifle with bank hackers, for lo they are subtle and quick to anger.)))
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Clarkson stung after bank prank.
"TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has lost money after publishing his bank details in his newspaper column.
"The Top Gear host (((it's a British car show))) revealed his account numbers after rubbishing the furore over the loss of 25 million people's personal details on two computer discs.
"He wanted to prove the story was a fuss about nothing.
"But Clarkson admitted he was "wrong" after he discovered a reader had used the details to create a £500 direct debit to the charity Diabetes UK.
"I was wrong and I have been punished"
Jeremy Clarkson(((Well, actually this has little or nothing do with the missing plasticware, except that you shouldn't cheerfully assume your bank is bulletproof to social engineering, lest (a) you lose money (b) you get pitilessly made fun of in WIRED blogs.)))
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/brit-boast-that.html
"Clarkson published details of his Barclays account in the Sun newspaper, including his account number and sort code. He even told people how to find out his address.
"All you'll be able to do with them is put money into my account. Not take it out. Honestly, I've never known such a palaver about nothing," he told readers.
But he was proved wrong, as the 47-year-old wrote in his Sunday Times column.
"I opened my bank statement this morning to find out that someone has set up a direct debit which automatically takes £500 from my account," he said...."
