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2010 — Crescent Health Inc.: A hacker managed to obtain Walgreens' email…

2010 Unknown records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Personal information

Technical writeup

A hacker managed to obtain Walgreens' email marketing list.  People on the list were sent realistic-looking phishing emails that directed them to a web page under hacker control.  The only information that was stolen during the hack was the email list.  People who fell victim to the phishing scam may have entered other personal information into the phony web page.

Root cause

Hacking

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