The world’s largest permission-based marketing firm, Epsilon, reported on Friday that its computer system was hacked and an unspecified number of email addresses and names were stolen. Epsilon sends around 40 billion emails a year on behalf of its 2,500 clients, which include major banks such as Capital One, JP Morgan Chase, Barclay’s Bank, U.S. Bancorp and Citigroup, as well as e-commerce sites. Among the other companies warned about this breach are TiVo and Brookstone. Capital One and JP Morgan Chase have confirmed the incident and will be investigating the breach.
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Epsilon Breach a Sign of Coming 'CorpTechPocalypse'
Posted by: Rob Spiegel April 4, 2011 02:08 PMThe world’s largest permission-based marketing firm, Epsilon, reported on Friday that its computer system was hacked and an unspecified number of email addresses and names were stolen. Epsilon sends around 40 billion emails a year on behalf of its 2,500 clients, which include major banks such as Capital One, JP Morgan Chase, Barclay’s Bank, U.S. Bancorp and Citigroup, as well as e-commerce sites. Among the other companies warned about this breach are TiVo and Brookstone. Capital One and JP Morgan Chase have confirmed the incident and will be investigating the breach.