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http://www.aweber.com/blog/uncategorized/data-accessed.htm
Posted by Tom Kulzer (AWeber CEO)
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Over the weekend, AWeber was the target of a deliberate and successful attempt to mine email addresses.
On Saturday, October 16th, an unknown person gained unauthorized access to databases containing email subscriber information.
This incident appears to be part of a broader series of similar successful attacks on a number of email service providers (ESPs).
To learn more about what happened and what were doing about it, please read on.
What Information Was Compromised?
A download of subscribers email addresses was initiated.
While we cant tell whether it completed successfully, we have to assume that it did.
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http://www.aweber.com/blog/uncategorized/data-accessed.htm
Posted by Tom Kulzer (AWeber CEO)
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Over the weekend, AWeber was the target of a deliberate and successful attempt to mine email addresses.
On Saturday, October 16th, an unknown person gained unauthorized access to databases containing email subscriber information.
This incident appears to be part of a broader series of similar successful attacks on a number of email service providers (ESPs).
To learn more about what happened and what were doing about it, please read on.
What Information Was Compromised?
A download of subscribers email addresses was initiated.
While we cant tell whether it completed successfully, we have to assume that it did.