Epsilon email breach worries experts; list of companies impacted


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Companies whose customers' email addresses were subject to a security breach at Internet marketing company Epsilon, a unit of Alliance Data Systems Corp.:

  • Amazon.con Inc.'s AbeBooks subsidiary
  • Ameriprise Financial Inc., asset management and financial planning company
  • Barclays Bank. Company says breach affects U.S. customers of Barclaycard
  • Best Buy Co.
  • Capital One Financial Corp.
  • Citigroup Inc. Company says information limited to customers of Citi's North American credit card businesses.
  • The College Board, not-for-profit organization that runs the SATs.
  • Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., home furnishings retailer.
  • Hilton Worldwide, hotel chain whose brands include Hilton, DoubleTree, Hampton Inn and Waldolf Astoria.
  • HSN Inc., a retailer with roots in the Home Shopping Network.
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  • Kroger Co., grocery chain
  • Marriott International Inc., hotel chain whose brands include Marriott, Renaissance, Fairfield Inn and Ritz-Carlton
  • McKinsey & Co., a management consulting firm. Company says breach affected only subscribers of McKinsey Quarterly magazine
  • New York & Co., apparel chain
  • TiVo Inc., digital video recorder service
  • U.S. Bancorp, financial company whose brands include U.S. Bank.
  • Walgreen Co., drug store chain
  • Walt Disney Co.'s travel subsidiary, Disney Destinations.