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\n<\/span><\/p>\nMillions of live e-mail addresses are thought to have been stolen in an attack on US marketing firm Epsilon.<\/p>\n
It handles customer communications for many household names and sends more than 40 billion e-mails annually.<\/p>\n
Epsilon has more than 2,500 clients including Best Buy, TiVo, Walgreens, Capital One, JP Morgan and Citigroup.<\/p>\n
Many Epsilon clients have contacted customers warning that attackers may use the stolen data to con them out of more information.<\/p>\n
In a terse statement on its website, Epsilon said it had detected an incident in which “clients’ customer data were exposed by an unauthorized entry into Epsilon’s e-mail system”.<\/p>\n
It said the only information stolen was e-mail addresses and an associated customer name. No other personal identifiable information was exposed. It said it was conducting a full investigation into how its systems were penetrated.<\/p>\n
Epsilon did not specify which customer lists for its many clients had been stolen. <\/p>\n
However, many firms that use Epsilon contacted their customers to inform them about the data breach. <\/p>\n
Barclays Bank, which runs Visa credit cards for US retailer LL Bean, warned customers that they may soon get spam seeking to elicit more personal information.<\/p>\n
Best Buy, TiVo, Walgreens, Capital One, JP Morgan and Citigroup, Kroger, Hilton Honors and others all issued similar e-mail messages to customers. <\/p>\n
Also exposed were e-mail addresses for the US College Board which handles communications for more than seven million students. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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