Bank customers warned after breach at Epsilon marketing firm

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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215441/Bank_customers_warned_after_breach_at_Epsilon_marketing_firm

Bank customers warned after breach at Epsilon marketing firm
By Robert McMillan
April 1, 2011 07:57 PM ET

IDG News Service - JP Morgan Chase and the Kroger supermarket chain are 
warning customers that their names and e-mail addresses may have fallen 
into the wrong hands after someone broke into computer systems at e-mail 
marketing giant Epsilon.

Epsilon, whose customers also include Visa, Kraft, Citibank and Marriott 
International, acknowledged the incident in a brief statement Friday. "On 
March 30th, an incident was detected where a subset of Epsilon clients' 
customer data were exposed by an unauthorized entry into Epsilon's email 
system," Epsilon said. "The information that was obtained was limited to 
email addresses and/or customer names only."

Epsilon said it doesn't believe any other personal information was 
compromised, but it is now working with authorities on an investigation, a 
company spokeswoman said Friday.

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