Comments on: Email Marketing Services Targetted by Hackers http://www.allspammedup.com/2010/02/email-marketing-services-targetted-by-hackers/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:22:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tashina Yarberry http://www.allspammedup.com/2010/02/email-marketing-services-targetted-by-hackers/comment-page-1/#comment-11110 Tashina Yarberry Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:24:03 +0000 http://www.allspammedup.com/?p=2150#comment-11110 Unfortunately, in reality email marketing is becoming a spamming marketing. With the emergence of software that track email addresses online, no one is seem to be safe from this. The truth is once you give out your email address somewhere, you are already prone to spamming. Unfortunately, in reality email marketing is becoming a spamming marketing. With the emergence of software that track email addresses online, no one is seem to be safe from this. The truth is once you give out your email address somewhere, you are already prone to spamming.

]]> By: Rob S. http://www.allspammedup.com/2010/02/email-marketing-services-targetted-by-hackers/comment-page-1/#comment-5789 Rob S. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:28:06 +0000 http://www.allspammedup.com/?p=2150#comment-5789 CampaignMonitor is another ESP that was hacked in the last year: http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/post/2852/campaign-monitor-attacked-by-hackers-some-accounts-compromised/ I wouldn't be surprised if there were others and that there will be more to come. As you mentioned, ESPs store a great deal of working e-mail addresses making them a valuable target. Long gone are the days of script kiddies hacking sites. These days it is organized crime planning their attacks thoughtfully and persistently. [Full disclosure: my employer is a customer of both iContact and CampaignMonitor. I'm happy to say that these unfortunate events haven't seemed to impact deliverability long-term for either ESP. Hopefully other ESPs learned from these attacks and have proactively reviewed their security measures.] CampaignMonitor is another ESP that was hacked in the last year:

http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/post/2852/campaign-monitor-attacked-by-hackers-some-accounts-compromised/

I wouldn’t be surprised if there were others and that there will be more to come. As you mentioned, ESPs store a great deal of working e-mail addresses making them a valuable target. Long gone are the days of script kiddies hacking sites. These days it is organized crime planning their attacks thoughtfully and persistently.

[Full disclosure: my employer is a customer of both iContact and CampaignMonitor. I'm happy to say that these unfortunate events haven't seemed to impact deliverability long-term for either ESP. Hopefully other ESPs learned from these attacks and have proactively reviewed their security measures.]

]]> By: Your ESP is a hacker target — should you worry? | Not Just Another Marketing Blog http://www.allspammedup.com/2010/02/email-marketing-services-targetted-by-hackers/comment-page-1/#comment-5776 Your ESP is a hacker target — should you worry? | Not Just Another Marketing Blog Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:26:13 +0000 http://www.allspammedup.com/?p=2150#comment-5776 [...] - February 11th, 2010 Recently two well-known email service providers (ESPs) announced their clients suffered list theft.   Spammers mailed those stolen lists, which is how the ESPs discovered the breach.  How [...] [...] – February 11th, 2010 Recently two well-known email service providers (ESPs) announced their clients suffered list theft.   Spammers mailed those stolen lists, which is how the ESPs discovered the breach.  How [...]

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