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Epsilon sends more than 40 billion emails a year for some 2,500 companies including JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Best Buy, Target, and Walgreens. Although no particularly sensitive data was exposed, such an extensive contact list would be incredibly valuable to cybercriminals. Experts believe the compromised addresses will be targeted in phishing schemes among other frauds and companies affected by the breach have been warning customers to beware of suspicious emails.
In an effort to spread awareness, ESET has published a handy graphical explanation of how phishing attacks work along with pointers on keeping safe. The two biggest tips are: never give out your passwords and don't log into pages linked directly via email. Being the web-savvy folks you are, we don't think you'd fall prey to the woeful cries of a "Nigerian prince," but you probably know someone that would. You might want to pass this infographic on to those individuals:
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Raswan said:
Got an email from BB the other day admitting that Epsilon had been hacked. Great,
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The national college board's website and mail list had the same breech of security. Most likely not to cause much bank stealing, but it said only email addresses and public info were released.
Still, anyone who got an email should straighten out their security info ASAP.
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My mom got a call last week asking for updated credit card information for an online account. I took the phone and I told the guy I'd be an ***** to give him a credit card number, asked for his phone number, which I'll verify, and then I'll call back. The guy refused. So I told him that now he really sounds like a scammer, a legitimate business would not have a problem with this. I asked for his supervisor. He finally gave me the phone number, which I did look up and verified as accurate.
Then I just had my mom update the account online, as her credit card did indeed expire, but I'm really surprised at businesses still have people calling asking for credit card numbers.
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