2011 — Epsilon: Epsilon, an email service provider for companies,…
Data compromised
Personal information
Technical writeup
Epsilon, an email service provider for companies, reported a breach that affected approximately two percent of its 2,500 clients. Only e-mail addresses and names were stolen. Epsilon has not disclosed the names of the companies affected or the total number of names stolen. However, millions of customers have received notices from a growing list of affected companies (http://www.databreaches.net/?p=17374), making this the largest security breach ever.The Secret Service is investigating this breac
Root cause
Hacking