Credit card data hacks hit the headlines. By John Stokdyk

Are your systems secure?Two separate episodes last week highlighted the increasing vulnerability of consumers to mass exposure of sensitive personal information.

The online auction house eBay was embarrassed when information on 1,200 eBay users, including their credit card numbers, appeared on one of its discussion boards, which was immediately taken offline.

In a series of postings on the auction site's in-house blog,

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