Thursday, October 30, 2003
Spammers steal Orbitz email addresses
Online travel agency Orbitz has notified law enforcement authorities about a recent security breach that has allowed spammers to obtain customers' e-mail addresses.
"A small number of customers have informed us that they have received spam or junk e-mail from an unknown party that apparently used unauthorized and/or illegal means to obtain their e-mail addresses used with Orbitz," spokeswoman Carol Jouzaitis said in a statement.
There was no evidence customer password or other account information was compromised, she said.
The Chicago-based company, which says it has 18 million users, informed the FBI of the information leak and has launched its own investigation. Jouzaitis declined Wednesday to provide any further information on the breach, but described the spam as "typical marketing e-mails."
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posted by chris at 3:50 PM
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