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April 5, 2011

Authorities Investigate Massive Private Information Breach 
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One of the world's largest providers of marketing e-mail services,
Epsilon, has warned its clients that they were exposed to what may have
been the largest private information breach in US history. Clients of
Epsilon include JPMorgan Chase, US Bancorp, Citigroup, Capital One,
Barclays Bank, Best Buy, Ti Vo, Walgreens, Brookstone and the New York
Times. Epsilon says a computer hacker infiltrated the company and seized
private information–mostly names and email addresses–of customers of
their clients. Millions of students may have also been affected. One of
Epsilon's other clients is the College Board which administers SAT
tests.



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