New York Times Hacked?

First time accepted submitter porsche911 writes "It looks like the NYTimes have been hacked and a large number of subscribers spammed with messages about cancellation of their service. The phone system is overwhelmed as well. The Times is currently saying the email is a fake, but that raises other worries. They were one of the only 3rd parties that had the email in question so it appears either someone really screwed up or they've suffered a data breach." Update: 12/28 21:59 GMT by S : Looks like it was just a mistake by an employee.

Comments

Well, they tried hacking the The New Yorker first

[elrous0]

But then they found out that New Yorker readers were far too smug to lower themselves to reading email.

NY Times Response

[NotSanguine]

Is this

Used the unique address I gave to the NY Times

[jerryasher]

I got the email too, and it used the unique email address I gave to the NY Times, so either they were breached or some company they gave my data to was breached.

Joe Katz on twitter says the same thing:

"Joe Katz @joekatz 1h
@NYTPRGUY thing is, I got a "subscription cancelled" message sent to an email alias that only @NYTimes has for me. Was your list hacked?"

So remember folks when you outsource your IT and marketing and provide them your customer data, you are opening your customers up to their low security practices.

Re:Well, they tried hacking the The New Yorker fir

[Mashiki]

Too true, and too funny. You forgot to mention that this is also a method to retain customers after their dismal and continual failure to retain a readership base.