Warning: Email Data Breach Hits Best Buy, Walgreens, Disney, Citibank
Customers of companies from Best Buy, Walgreens, and the Ritz Carlton to Tivo, and even Disney, beware. Those are just a few of the latest firms to be hit by hackers, resulting in the release of the names and email addresses of thousands of consumers to unauthorized people.
Customers of companies from Best Buy, Walgreens, and the Ritz Carlton to Tivo, and even Disney, beware. Those are just a few of the latest firms to be hit by hackers, resulting in the release of the names and email addresses of thousands of consumers to unauthorized people.
The data breach occurred last Thursday and reportedly hit more than 15 of the U.S.’s largest consumer chains and firms, including credit-card issuers Capital One, Citi, JPMorgan Chase and US Bank, all managed by Epsilon, a leading online marketing company.
While no financial information was compromised, the major concern is that the emails and names of affected consumers could be used for “phishing” schemes.
J.P.
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