Data breach hits JPMorgan, Kroger customers

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Personal information about some JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Kroger Co (KR.N) customers was exposed as part of a data breach at a large online marketing vendor.

The data breach included some email addresses of JPMorgan Chase customers and names and email addresses of Kroger customers, the companies said in separate statements on Friday.

Epsilon, a unit of Alliance Data Systems Corp (ADS.N), said on Friday that a person outside the company hacked into some of its clients' customer files.

The vendor sends over 40 billion email ads and offers annually, usually to people who register for a company's website and or give their email addresses while shopping. Some of Epsilon's other clients include Verizon (VZ.N), Blackstone Group LP's (BX.N) Hilton Hotels, Kraft (KFT.N), and AstraZeneca (AZN.L).

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/02/us-epsilon-idUSTRE73103G20110402

[Mnemosyne]

1. Chronology of Data Breaches - 516,992,106 records breached since 2005. Link:

http://www.privacyrights.org/data-breach

Maybe not a comprehensive list, but a good indication of how wide-spread these breaches have gone. TIA lives on...

http://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liberty/qa-pentagons-total-information-awareness-program

516,992,106 RECORDS BREACHED

from 2,415 DATA BREACHES made public since 2005

Is the Chronology of Data Breaches a complete listing of all breaches?

No, it is not a complete listing of breaches. The list is a useful indication of the types of breaches that occur, the categories of entities that experience breaches, and the size of such breaches. But the list is not a comprehensive listing. Reported incidents affecting more than nine individuals from an identifiable entity are included. Breaches affecting nine or fewer individuals are included if there is a compelling reason to alert consumers. Most of the information is derived from the Open Security Foundation list-serve (see below) which is in turn derived from verifiable media stories, government web sites/pages, or blog posts with information pertinent to the breach in question. If a breached entity has failed to notify its customers or a government agency of a breach, then it is unlikely that the breach will be reported anywhere.

[fishwax]

2. wonderful.

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