Not an April Fool's joke?

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>I’m curious if everyone registered with College Board received this message.
Maybe I should cancel my registration with them…is that possible? As college students, do we ever need to access College Board again…? </p>

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<p>We have been informed by Epsilon, the vendor that sends email to you on our behalf, that your e-mail address may have been exposed by unauthorized entry into their system.</p>

<p>Epsilon has assured us that the only information that may have been obtained was your first and last name and e-mail address. REST ASSURED THAT THIS VENDOR DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO OTHER MORE SENSITIVE INFORMATION SUCH AS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR CREDIT CARD DATA.</p>

<p>Please note, it is possible you may receive spam e-mail messages as a result. We want to urge you to be cautious when opening links or attachments from unknown third parties.</p>

<p>In keeping with standard security practices, the College Board will never ask you to provide or confirm any information, including credit card numbers, unless you are on a secure College Board site.</p>

<p>Epsilon has reported this incident to, and is working with, the appropriate authorities.</p>

<p>We regret this has taken place and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. We take your privacy very seriously, and we will continue to work diligently to protect your personal information.</p>

<p>Sincerely,</p>

<p>The College Board</p>

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<p>i also got this…i would not reccomend you delete your account, because you still need to send in your AP scores…but that is if you are an icoming freshman</p>

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<p>Ah, no. I am a second-year Chemical Engineering major at Cal, which is why hearing from College Board again after all this time was weird.</p>

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<p>lol yeah i got it. what the eff.</p>

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<p>I got it too…</p>

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<p>random, but I literally got the exact same style email from TiVo:</p>

<p>"Dear TiVo Customer,</p>

<p>Today we were informed by our email service provider that your email address was exposed due to unauthorized access of their system. Our email service provider deploys emails on our behalf to customers who have opted into email-based communications from us.</p>

<p>We were advised by our email service provider that the information that was obtained was limited to first name and/or email addresses only."</p>

<p>and it goes on… you get the idea</p>

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<p>[Breach</a> exposes Chase, Capital One, TiVo customers | Security - CNET News](<a href=“http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20050068-83.html]Breach”>http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20050068-83.html)</p>

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<p>still not as bad as freshmen year when the Berkeley system was exposed and even more personal information was taken. this was just your e-mail addies</p>