"More U.S. companies, including Target Corp (TGT.N) and Marriott International (MAR.N), came forward on Monday to tell their customers that their names and email addresses had been exposed in a massive online data breach.
Last week, a computer hacker penetrated the online markeeter Epsilon, which controls the customer email databases for a broad swath of companies, from Citigroup to Walgreen.
In what could be one of the biggest such breaches in U.S. history, companies from banks and retailers to student-testing organizations have warned customers that some of their electronic information had been compromised."
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04/05/2011, 11:59 AM #1
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Massive Security Breach Adds Target, Marriot to Growing List
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04/05/2011, 01:58 PM #2
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Scary. This sort of thing happens too often.
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