Jaikumar Vijayan follows up on the news story by iTnews, mentioned earlier today, which reported that the Epsilon attack was a spear-phishing attack that resulted in the downloading of malware. Jai makes a point of noting, however, that there’s no proof or confirmation yet from Epsilon that this was a spear-phishing attack. As I commented earlier today,…
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Al Franken keeping eye on Epsilon breach
Tony Romm reports: Add Sen. Al Franken to the growing list of members casting a skeptical eye on Epsilon. A data breach that allowed hackers access to the names and email addresses of consumers who do business with Target, Best Buy, TiVo and other Epsilon clients led Franken (D-Minn.) on Thursday to vow to “do…
AU: Privacy czar to investigate Epsilon email breach
Fallout from the attack on the giant US marketing and communications firm continues to spread, and may affect millions of consumers globally. Dell Australia remains the only local company to admit customer data was compromised when hackers hit Epsilon’s Dallas headquarters last week. While Epsilon has offices in Sydney and Melbourne, it’s not yet clear…
Epsilon breach used four-month-old attack
Brett Winterford writes: … Today iTnews can reveal that Epsilon has been aware of the vulnerability behind this attack for some months. In late November, Epsilon partner ReturnPath – which provides monitoring and authentication services to email service providers – warned customers about a series of coordinated phishing and hacking attacks levelled at the mailing…
Alliance Data Provides Statement Surrounding Unauthorized Entry Incident at Epsilon Subsidiary
Alliance Data, the parent company of Epsilon, has issued a press release: Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), parent company of Epsilon, today reaffirmed Epsilon’s previous statement that the unauthorized entry into an Epsilon email system was limited to email addresses and/or customer names only. No personal identifiable information (PII) was compromised, such as social…
Blumenthal asks for Epsilon investigation
I knew I’d enjoy seeing what Senator Blumenthal would do on consumer privacy issues now that he’s in the Senate. Hayley Tsukayama reports: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said that he has sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting an investigation into the Epsilon data leak that affected millions of consumers this week. In…