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  1. cwerdna

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    Epsilon email data breach thread

    For context, see Epsilon Data Breach Hits Banks, Retail Giants - Security - News & Reviews - eWeek.com.

    Over the weekend, I started getting notifications from companies like TiVo, Disney, Best Buy and Chase about the data breach. TD Ameritrade's site also had a notification about this, after I logged into my brokerage account. (Yes, I've done business w/all of these and they all have my email address.)

    Epsilon Breach: Here’s Which Companies’ Email Lists Have Been Exposed - Techland - TIME.com supposedly is a list, but it right now is missing TDAM.

    I'd never even heard of Epsilon until I got my first notification.
     
    #1 cwerdna, Apr 4, 2011
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    Hey, I just read this AP news release and sent a copy to my daughter who uses the Capitol One credit card :(

    I take comfort in knowing that I never, never give out personal financial data in reply to any email inquiry; no matter how official it looks. I think this breach reinforces my opinion that outsourcing security data management is a poor alternative to in-house management.
     
    #2 twittel, Apr 4, 2011
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    I do banking online. I pay bills online. And Allah knows I buy tons of stuff online.

    But only places on the web that start with "https://". I still get reminders to pay said bills in the snail mail because I will never trust any email I get asking for money no matter how legit that email may actually be.
     
    #3 Stev0, Apr 4, 2011
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