Every fucking institution I use for anything just got their Email DB stolen.
 

Tough weekend for a lot of companies. Ralphs (supermarket) just informed me my Email was stolen. Everyone with a Ralphs card can now expect a lot of spam. Then Chase send me an Email a few hours later letting me know their DB of Emails was stolen too. Next, a gas cards Email DB was stolen and then a pizza company.

Reading the Chase Email it seems a clearing house they used for their mailers was the actual victim so it is highly likely all of the other companies used the same mailer too.

Time to get ready for a shitstorm of spam...

Massive Breach at Epsilon Compromises Customer Lists of Major Brands

http://www.securityweek.com/massive-...s-major-brands

welcome in present :)

cash or die.

I've gotten those emails from Tivo and Kroger so far.

Or just change your e-mail address. It's refreshing to do every once in a while. :)

I'm at Chase. Good thing I use gmail and the spam blockers they use are awesome.

I bet you Epsilon figured they didn't need to be super dilligent about security since its just Email addresses...

That's why i use a different email address for every service I sign up for, for every program I join, for every membership,....

yeah I got emails about that from tivo and chase today

Since e-mail addresses aren't physical material and can be copied without losing the original, this isn't stealing at all.

It's just time shifting...

you use a throw away email address for all the junk right?

right??

:1orglaugh

Anyone seeing problems from this yet?

I am.

:2 cents:

Makes it nice and easy to track the dick-nuggets...

Beats explaining they actually sold your information ...

My thoughts exactly.
After all, this can be a shady industry to work in.

I use a catch all so I make all the sites [email protected] emails to track who does what with it.