You may or may not have heard that recently Epsilon, one of a growing number of companies that offer outsourced services to help companies attract and keep customers via email, was hacked which has compromised thousands of user names and emails.

I have attached a link to the story at the end of this blog post. What this means to you is, if you did any online transactions that required your email address and username with companies including Citibank, Chase, Capital One, American Express, Walgreens, Target, Best Buy, TiVo, TD Ameritrade, Verizon, Ritz Carlton and more, then it is likely your email address was compromised and you might be receiving spam from these companies.

We have also learned that the email spam goes a bit further and you may start receiving email spam from anyone on your domain that may have used their email address to shop online, do online banking or trade stocks, etc.

Our This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it email address was evidently one that was compromised during the Epsilon hack. We just want to assure our customers that we do not send daily newsletters nor do we spam. If an email is sent to you from us then the Subject line will begin with [CPU Help]. Otherwise, you should delete it as spam.

Here is the link with one of the stories that is currently on the internet: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20051038-245.html