Brand names that were allegedly affected by a security breach that compromised e-mail addresses of companies using marketing services of Epsilon Data Management, LLC (Epsilon Notifies Clients of Unauthorized Entry into Email System) include:

1. - AbeBooks (a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc.)
   

2. - American Express
   

3. - Ameriprise Financial (Important Message for Clients)
   

4. - Baker’s (Email Database Breach - FAQs)
   

5. - Barclays Bank
   

6. - Best Buy / My Reward Zone
   

7. - Borders Books
   

8. - Brookstone
   

9. - Capital One (Important Info for Capital One Customers)
   

10. - Chase / JPMorgan
    

11. - Citibank / Citigroup
    

12. - City Market (Email Database Breach - FAQs)
    

13. - The College Board
    

14. - Dillons (Email Database Breach - FAQs)
    

15. - Disney Destinations
    

16. - Food 4 Less (Email Database Breach - FAQs)
    

17. - Foods Co. (Email Database Breach - FAQs)
    

18. - Fred Meyer
    

19. - Fry’s Food Stores (Email Database Breach - FAQs)
    

20. - Gerbes (Email Database Breach - FAQs)
    

21. - Giant Eagle FuelPerks
    

22. - Hilton HHonors
    

23. - Home Shopping Network (HSN)
    

24. - Jay C Food Stores (Email Database Breach - FAQs)
    

25. - King Snoopers (Email Database Breach - FAQs)
    

26. - Kroger (Email Database Breach - FAQs)
    

27. - Lacoste
    

28. - LL Bean
    

29. - Marriott (FAQs Regarding Epsilon's Customer Information Breach)
    

30. - McKinsey Quarterly
    

31. - New York & Company (Email Database Breach - FAQs)
    

32. - Owens Markets (Email Database Breach - FAQs)
    

33. - QFC (Email Database Breach - FAQs)
    

34. - Ralphs (Email Database Breach - FAQs)
    

35. - Ritz-Carlton Rewards
    

36. - Robert Half Technologies
    

37. - Sears Card (Important Information For Our Customers)
    

38. - Smith’s (Email Database Breach - FAQs)
    

39. - TiVo (Notification to TiVo Customers)
    

40. - US Bank / U.S. Bancorp
    

41. - Verizon
    

42. - Visa
    

43. - Walgreens
    

44. - World Financial Network National Bank (WFNNB)
    

A big risk of a breach such as this is that it enables highly-targeted phishing attacks, known as “Spear Phishing”. It may be a good idea to warn any less-technically-savvy friends and relatives, especially those who are elderly.

NOTE: Some of the names above may be trademarks of their respective companies.