Orlando - Disney Email Privacy Breach

Isn't this lovely?

Received this email from Disney Vacations overnight:

Dear Guest,

We have been informed by one of our email service providers, Epsilon,
that your email address was exposed by an unauthorized entry into that
provider's computer system. We use our email service providers to
help us manage the large number of email communications with our
guests. Our email service providers send emails on our behalf to
guests who have chosen to receive email communications from us.

We regret that this incident has occurred and any inconvenience this
incident may cause you. We take your privacy very seriously, and we
will continue to work diligently to protect your personal information.

We want to assure you that your email address was the only personal
information we have regarding you that was compromised in this
incident.

As a result of this incident, it is possible that you may receive spam
email messages, emails that contain links containing computer viruses
or other types of computer malware, or emails that seek to deceive you
into providing personal or credit card information. As a result, you
should be extremely cautious before opening links or attachments from
unknown third parties or providing a credit card number or other
sensitive information in response to any email.

If you have any questions regarding this incident, please contact us
at (407) 560-2547 during the hours of 9:00 am to 7:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Monday through Friday, and 9:00 am through 5:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Saturday and Sunday.

Sincerely,

Disney Destinations

Not very happy about this. Not sure there's anything that can be done about though.

Cheers,

I got a similar e-mail today as well, however, from Barclay Card who uses Epsilon as well.

Considering the volume of credit card, financial, and medical theft, I'm not too worried about my e-mail address getting out there any more than it is.

George

So far, I've received the same email from Brookstone and Tivo, as well as Disney.

It appears this is pretty widespread to a lot of different companies.

The fact that this is more widespread than just Disney doesn't make me feel any better. I know it's just an email hacking this time - or so they say - but if they can obtain our emails who knows what's next? It really makes me think twice about booking online. Especially since my last Disney experience was pretty crappy anyway. This is like insult after injury.

Cheers,

Sorry to hear that but it happened to a service Disney uses not Disney itself. I certainly am not worried

Sorry to hear that but it happened to a service Disney uses not Disney itself. I certainly am not worried

I hate the rat, but this is no big deal. I got it as well.
Heck, I am guessing that my email is out there somewhere available.
Haven't gotten any increased spam so far.

Well, the list of companie effected is growing..

Now they're saying banks, such as Capital One, are effected. This is far worse than merchants, since people may respond to emails from their bank and have their accounts compromised.

Got the same email from at least two other companies.