{"65388":{"#nid":"65388","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech OIT Issues Warning on Potential Phony Email","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Friday, Epsilon, the world\u0027s largest permission-based email service,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/technolog.msnbc.msn.com\/_news\/2011\/04\/03\/6402261-millions-of-emails-exposed-in-major-security-breach\u0022\u003Ereleased\u0026nbsp;a statement reporting an unauthorized entry in its clients\u0027 customer database\u003C\/a\u003E. For the most part, only emails were exposed \u2014 no passwords or other personal information. However, Epsilon\u0027s client list is huge. The electronic direct marketing outfit sends 40 billion emails annually and counts more than 2,500 clients, including seven of the Fortune 10, to build and host their customer databases, according to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.securityweek.com\/massive-breach-epsilon-compromises-customer-lists-major-brands\u0022\u003ESecurity Week\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany have already received an email from one or more of the companies affected \u2014\u0026nbsp;whether a major bank, travel or retail site or even TiVo \u2014\u0026nbsp;alerting customers that an email was exposed, while noting other information such as passwords remain safe.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs always, the Office of Information Technology urges close scrutiny of email messages. As a result of this recent compromise, spam messages may appear to be from a trusted company.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOIT recommends that users bookmark financial institutions, store accounts, the OIT password change page, Techworks, Banner and any other websites that have critical account information.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEmails from Georgia Tech email addresses that ask for your account information or password are never legitimate. Any user who receives such an email should not click on the link or respond. To report any inappropriate activity, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/web-archive.oit.gatech.edu\/information_security\/report_incidents\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/web-archive.oit.gatech.edu\/information_security\/report_incidents\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs always, the Office of Information Technology urges close scrutiny of email messages. As a result of a recent compromise, spam messages may appear to be from a trusted company.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"As always, the Office of Information Technology urges close scrutiny of email messages."}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2011-04-05 17:57:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:30","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-04-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-04-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:herbert.baines@oit.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EHerb Baines\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EOffice of Information Technology\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}