TiVo users had a rude awakening this morning, finding out the email address they’d given to TiVo as part of their account registration had been compromised.
According to Security Week, Epsilon is currently disclosing even more companies whose email marketing lists had been compromised. Noticing the problem first with grocery retailer Kroger, Epsilon continues releasing company names that were affected by the breach. Here’s the list gathered so far:
- Kroger
- TiVo
- US Bank
- JPMorgan Chase
- Capital One
- Citi
- McKinsey & Company
- Ritz-Carlton Rewards
- Marriott Rewards
- New York & Company
- Brookstone
- Walgreens (Again!)
- The College Board (added 4/3 @8:20am)
- Home Shopping Network (HSN)(added 4/3 @10:22am)
Considering that Epsilon has more than 2,500 clients sending 40 billion emails each year, this list could keep growing. Now, anyone who’s given an email address to any of the other companies listed above has involuntarily given an email address to hackers.
TiVo tried to sooth victims, saying the release of personal data “was limited to first name and/or email addresses only.” Here’s the email we received from TiVo this morning:
While TiVo attempts to minimize the implications of this security breach, email addresses are now in the hands of those who would break into the database of a huge email conglomerate. This means those addresses might be targeted with phishing schemes, spam, and other annoyances.
Now that they have a list of confirmed email addre sses, those spammers and...
