Millions of email addresses exposed in Epsilon breach

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Millions of email addresses exposed in Epsilon breach

Customers of US electronics retailer Best Buy are affected by the Epsilon breach. A security breach at marketing firm Epsilon, which sends emails to customers on behalf of various companies, has potentially exposed the email addresses of hundreds of millions of people. According to the Texas-based company, on 30 March, "an incident was detected where a subset of Epsilon clients' customer data were exposed by an unauthorized entry into Epsilon's email system"

Customers of US electronics retailer Best Buy are affected by the Epsilon breach. A security breach at marketing firm Epsilon, which sends emails to customers on behalf of various companies, has potentially exposed the email addresses of hundreds of millions of people. According to the Texas-based company, on 30 March, "an incident was detected where a subset of Epsilon clients' customer data were exposed by an unauthorized entry into Epsilon's email system"

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