Security breach widens at retailers

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Security breach widens at retailers, others

The Associated Press

NEW YORK—Best Buy Co., TiVo Inc. and Walgreen Co. are the latest in a string of companies to warn over the weekend that hackers gained access to customers' files, including email addresses. The companies all use the same marketing and communications vendor called Epsilon, a leading marketing services firm. Epsilon, based in Dallas, issued a brief statement Friday saying "a full investigation was under way" following the discovery of the breach of some customer client data. Many of the companies affected say Epsilon informed them of the breach and said the compromised files do not include any personally identifiable information stored with the marketer. JPMorgan Chase & Co. and grocery operator Kroger Co, which also use Epsilon to send emails, announced a breach of information Friday. Read more at www.ydr.com

 

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