Here is a list of companies that have acknowledged losing customer contact data and email addresses as a result of the Epsilon breach. I have received a notice from a 4 companies on this list, and expect more to come
Abe Books
American Express
Ameriprise Financial
Barclays Bank of Delaware
BestBuy
Borders
Brookstone
Capital One
Citibank
City Market
CollegeBoard
Dillons
Disney Vacations
Food 4 Less
Fred Meyer
Fry’s
Hilton Honors
The Home Shopping Network
Jay C
JP Morgan Chase
King Soopers
Kroger
LL Bean
Marriott Rewards
McKinsey Quarterly
NeW York & Co.
QFC
Ralphs
Ritz Carlton
Robert Half
Smith Brands
TiVo
US Bank
Verizon
Visa
Walgreens
In reading numerous comments today, most Security Experts believe that the Epsilon breach will lead to an increase in “spear phishing” attacks, those that take advantage of known trust relationships between corporations and customers by crafting personalized messages that address recipients by name, thereby increasing the apparent authenticity of the email.
More to come.