<p>Got the E-Mail as well. British Petroleum also had a laptop stolen from them…</p>
<p>I wonder if there’s any connection.</p>
<p>I just go an email that said it was from DHL and that I had a package that was going to be delivered. It had an attachment. Rather than opening the attachment, I googled it and found out it contains a trojan horse. Spam filter didn’t catch it.</p>
<p>MomLive, I’ve gotten two of those “Undeliverable package” e-mails from UPS. We do some online shopping, so I did open the first one. My virus protection caught it and wouldn’t let me go any further, saying it was a trojan. I’ve deleted all of the others that have come without opening them.</p>
<p>Now I’ve started getting e-mails from parents of my daughters’ schoolmates. The first time, I did open it, saw a link on one subject “Life without cigarettes” - Oh, Suzie Q must have quit smoking," clicked on it, and was taken to an online pharmacy site for viagra. I notified my friend, and she said she had just found out that her address book had somehow been hacked.</p>
<p>Now I’ve started getting them from another friend, whom I also warned-opened the e-mail, did not click on the link. Now, neither are close friends, but since they were parents of my DD’s classmates, I opened the e-mails, thinking they were something to do with school or were social in nature.</p>
<p>I ran a virus check and came up with nothing, but I’m still a little concerned, since I have also received the College Board warning, and did click on a link in the spam e-mail.</p>
<p>So far no odd activity has occurred from my own address book (knocks wood). This is very very annoying. Even if I was in the market for some viagra, I wouldn’t buy from this place as it was clear that they had exploited my friends. It’s amazing to me that they make sales using these tactics, but they must or they wouldn’t be doing this. Disgusting.</p>
<p>Just got an email from Target. They said their server (Epsilon) was hacked.</p>
<p>I heard on the radio that whoever is getting a hold of our stolen email addresses is sending out emails using familiar company names. Some of them are offering identity theft protection among other info (online statements, etc.) with a link to click. DO NOT click on the link.</p>
<p>And Home Depot…</p>
<p>And Ethan Allen …</p>
<p>I just got some spam mail regarding Dale Ernhardt Jr. That topic is a total stretch for our family. </p>
<p>Do you think they are telling the truth when they say all they got access to was our addresses?</p>
<p>Just heard from Hilton Hotels – they were hacked, too.</p>
<p>Good grief, does this Epsilon outfit handle every commercial email account on earth?</p>
<p>ETA – Add Robert Half to the list.</p>
<p>Kajon, a lot of damage can be done with emails. </p>
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<p>I also read in my searching around: “Privacy on the internet is an illusion.”</p>
<p>[Analysis:</a> Epsilon hacking shows new spear-phishing risks | Reuters](<a href=“http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/04/us-hackers-epsilon-idUSTRE7336DZ20110404]Analysis:”>http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/04/us-hackers-epsilon-idUSTRE7336DZ20110404)</p>
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<p>It’s beginning to look like it. It’s rather creepy.</p>
<p>I received a very official email at 2:30 this morning from Apple stating that my Apple password had been reset and to follow the attached link if I believe an unauthorized person accessed my account. It was very official looking. I clicked on the apple on MY computer and accessed my account with the same old password. This was a scam. Yikes-I am glad I did not fall for it.</p>
<p>I hope they punish these folks to the fullest extent of the law.</p>
<p>Add 1-800-FLOWERS to the growing list …</p>
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<p>It is a scam, but they were counting on your trusting Apple. You asked above if all they’d gotten were email addy’s. This shows how having only email addy’s (and the companies we communicate with using those addy’s) can potentially hurt us. The Apple phish is much more sophisticated than the heavy-handed “Hey, we’re the IRS, give us your credit card or your assets will be seized!” type of phish.</p>
<p>I just got an email that was supposedly from USAirways (we have a frequent flyer account there with a large balance) that said 'we’ve added 1,000 miles to your account just for being a good customer, click here." Of course I didn’t. Instead I went to the USAirways website and looked up our dividend miles activity. No extra 1,000 miles. This could get ugly if it happens on a wide-spread basis.</p>
<p>^^ Judging by the roll call of big companies on this thread, it will indeed get wide-spread. :(</p>
<p>I just got Marriott as well.</p>
<p>CBBBlinker,</p>
<p>I had an e-mail from 1-800-Flowers.com in my spam folder. I deleted it, thinking it was a sales pitch. Right as I hit “delete,” I remembered that I had just sent some flowers to my Grandmother from that web site. </p>
<p>Did the e-mail just say e-mail addresses had been hacked, or was other more sensitive info (credit card numbers, addresses, phone, etc.) also compromised?</p>
<p>Ugh, A friend just told me that she thinks my email has been hijacked. She and everyone in my address book has received a viagra type email. I hope this isn’t related to this Epsilon episode. Has anyone experienced this? Does it stop?</p>