# Was your email address stolen from Epsilon? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 6, 2011, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377 "2011-04-06T09:34:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/1 "2011-04-06T09:34:08Z")
I have received notifications from Walgreens and Best Buy that my email address was probably stolen when their email processor, Epsilon, had their files accessed with authorization. [Epsilon Email Hack Exposes Bank, Business Customers](http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/229400814) Has anybody received any phishing emails that appear to be from businesses you deal with? ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/2 "2011-04-06T09:45:00Z")
I got a notice from Target like that. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/3 "2011-04-06T10:44:42Z")
Target and Chase Bank contacted me, but no phishing yet. What pisses me off is that I gave those two my “real” E-mail address, the one I didn’t want all spammed up. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/4 "2011-04-06T11:34:53Z")
I have received about ten emails from companies about my email address being stolen. I have also received emails from companies purporting to be fed ex and ups about shipments en route, with instructions to click on tracking numbers to open web sites. I don’t know if those two emails are a result of the epsilon problem or not. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/5 "2011-04-06T11:40:10Z")
Yes, TiVo contacted me about ours. It’s not my primary address and I haven’t seen any phishing on it yet though. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/6 "2011-04-06T12:18:04Z")
Received two notices from creditors J. Crew and Express (I owe $0 to both, but I do have accounts with them). No spam yet, and luckily the addresses I have are through Gmail, so hopefully Google will snare most of whatever might come in. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/7 "2011-04-06T12:28:07Z")
Who is Epsilon and why does it have my data? [http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080\_3-20051038-245.html?tag=topStories2](http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20051038-245.html?tag=topStories2) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/8 "2011-04-06T12:46:42Z")
I got a couple of e-mails warning it. They used my Yahoo account, which I don’t use for anything important. I expect Yahoo’s spam filters will stop anything, and I know never to give out my password to anyone. (If God came to Earth and demanded it, I’d refuse\*) \*Of course, God should know it, anyway/ ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/9 "2011-04-06T13:07:32Z")
Yeah, three or so times. Companies that I didn’t even know still had my email sent me messages about it. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/10 "2011-04-06T13:13:25Z")
Best Buy and Sears have contacted me… However, when I entered my card and social security information on the site linked to in the emails, nothing happened. 😕 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/11 "2011-04-06T13:22:28Z")
Chase Bank Disney TiVo Marriott I haven’t gotten any suspicious e-mails lately, though. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/12 "2011-04-06T13:23:52Z")
Yep, from both US Bank and Citibank. But nowhere else, so that’s nice. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/13 "2011-04-06T13:33:49Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Yes, TiVo contacted me about ours. It’s not my primary address and I haven’t seen any phishing on it yet though. TiVo contacted me on my primary email address. I have yet to receive anything suspicious. I have not used TiVo service in over a year, and only get random promo emails from them. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/14 "2011-04-06T14:02:16Z")
Might as well ask it here: why is Chase allowing a marketing firm to access my email? I’m not outraged about it… yet. Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/15 "2011-04-06T14:06:52Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I got a couple of e-mails warning it. They used my Yahoo account, which I don’t use for anything important. I expect Yahoo’s spam filters will stop anything, and I know never to give out my password to anyone. (If God came to Earth and demanded it, I’d refuse\*) > > \*Of course, God should know it, anyway/ Of the four email providers I use, yahoo has the least effective spam filter. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/16 "2011-04-06T14:07:37Z")
Three different companies that I do business with have warned me about this. Argh! ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/17 "2011-04-06T14:21:52Z")
I received a warning from Walgreen about it. As someone mentioned above, I have received three emails concerning shipments that are supposedly on their way; I’ve ignored them and so far I haven’t noticed any increase in spam. I’m tired of people trying to sell me Viagra and I’m sick of those who want to sell me something to increase the size of my penis. I’d asmost welcome some sort of new spam. ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/18 "2011-04-06T14:26:49Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Who is Epsilon and why does it have my data? > > [http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080\_3-20051038-245.html?tag=topStories2](http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20051038-245.html?tag=topStories2) I love the Dope; before I remember to ask my question there is an answer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/19 "2011-04-06T14:32:35Z")
No spam yet, but several companies have contacted me about the hack. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377/20 "2011-04-06T14:36:13Z")
probably, given I’ve been notified by I think 4 or 5 companies about the breach. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-your-email-address-stolen-from-epsilon/577377.md?page=2)