UPDATE: Blumenthal Addresses Security Breach Concerns

A well informed Orange mom sent the following letter regarding the Epsilon security breach:

Hi Terri,  

I would love attention to the recent security breach with Epsilon and Collegeboard.com.  As a Computer Consultant, and a parent of a student going to college soon, I am very concerned that Epsilon could be minimizing the exposure of the latest intrusion to its database. 

I have written to Senator Blumenthal as well as the States Attorney General. The Collegeboard.com has personal information of parents as well as students, scores, credit cards, financial data, etc. I believe either Epilson or Collegeboard should provide at least a year of free credit monitoring with Equifax. 

A friend of mine said her Fafsa was altered and her charge cards were being misused since the breach. The news minimized the hack just to e-mail and a phishing scheme but someone needs to investigate further.   

I have received some of the charge card e-mails as well.  This is Nationwide, not just Connecticut, so if voices don't speak up our data is compromised as well as our students/children.    

Please help make this a forefront issue so people will write to their Senator, States Attorney General and ask for the credit monitoring as a minimum.   

http://www.bgr.com/2011/04/04/millions-exposed-in-massive-epsilon-security-breach/

UPDATE: U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal wrote to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to request that the Department of Justice investigate reports of a security breach involving personal data controlled by the Internet e-mail marketing firm, Epsilon.