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Huge Data Breach Exposes User Data

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Affects companies like Citigroup, College Board.

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Be wary of unusual emails: The names and email addresses of customers of Citigroup, College Board, Walgreens, HSN, and several other large companies were exposed after a hacker broke into online marketer Epsilon’s databases. Epsiolon insists, however, that credit-card numbers and Social Security numbers are safe. The breach is believed to be one of the largest in U.S. history.

Read it at Reuters