Comments on: ESPs leaking email addresses

By: Protecting customer data – Word to the Wise

Protecting customer data – Word to the Wise — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:40:02 +0000

[...] hack. In other cases, the ESPs and companies involved have kept the information very quiet and not told anyone that data was leaked. People do notice, though, when they use single use addresses or tagged addresses and know to whom [...]

By: Marek Isalski

Marek Isalski — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:15:38 +0000

Glad to see other people are spotting this too… http://blog.maz.nu/post/352842080/suspected-icontact-breach

By: Joshua Baer

Joshua Baer — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:43:21 +0000

We’re seeing lots of this across many OtherInbox addresses hosted on iContact lists. I think we need a new standard for data security at ESPs.

By: Remy Bergsma

Remy Bergsma — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:12:54 +0000

Oh dear, that’s no good (understatement). Recently Aweber has seen this too, but with a malicious attack I believe. Has there been any communication at all from iContact to customers/partners about this, or not? Surely they must know of this situation.