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Consolidation: Market chaos leaves small businesses as primary target

By April Dembosky

Published: June 2 2011 10:03 | Last updated: June 2 2011 10:03

The Lincoln Racquet Club in Lincoln, Nebraska, would not consider itself the prime target for cybercrime. It hosts racquetball tournaments and offers fitness buffs the latest exercise bikes.

But those bikes are linked to the internet where riders record the miles they have cycled, and the racquetballers access an open wireless network to change tournament rankings online. Both link directly to the club’s database, where details of about 1,500 credit cards are stored.

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