Epsilon Data Breach Bigger Than Just Kroger Customers' Data

wiredmikey writes with an update to the previously reported Epsilon breach: "It turns out that Kroger is only one of many customers affected by the breach at Epsilon, which sends over 40 billion emails annually and counts over 2,500 clients, including 7 of the Fortune 10, to build and host their customer databases. It has been confirmed that the customer names and email addresses, and in a few cases other pieces of information, were compromised at several major brands, a list which continues to grow ..." An anonymous reader points out that U.S. Bank is on the list of affected companies; I wonder how many more phishing attempts this will mean.

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Re:collegeboard.com affected

[hairyfeet]

Which just goes to show why we need some basic regulations when it comes to data security. I mean how many times have we seen epic levels of stupid when it comes to user data, like the guy that left the tapes unencrypted in the back of his car?

We really need some regulations in this area with regard to security practices. At the very least a minimum level of encryption and having important data separate from each other with different keys. The amount of data corps have on us is just getting staggering so demanding at least a minimum level of care shouldn't be too much to ask.