Targeted phishing scams could rise after Epsilon data breach: IU News Room: Indiana University

Targeted phishing scams could rise after Epsilon data breach: IU News Room: Indiana University:

A wave of alert emails has been distributed over the last few days as Epsilon, one of the nation's largest marketing services, deals with what could end up being one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history.

"The concern here is that attackers, armed with knowledge of customer e-mail lists, could craft very convincing phishing emails to trick customers into revealing further personal information such as passwords or SSNs," said [Indiana University's Center for Apllied Cybersecurity Research] Deputy Director Von Welch. "It's also plausible that attackers use other public information such as phone books to look up customers' phone numbers and make fraudulent phone calls."

Have you been affected by this recent data breach? Keep an eye out for emails from companies that you do business with. [I've already received notices. :-( ]