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Name a company and there’s a fair chance its data was stolen from a third party email vendor in a massive theft reported over the weekend: Citi, Chase, Hilton, Target, Best Buy, Disney. The list goes on.
And now you have to be on the alert for what promises to be a massive amount of phishing attempts.
Given that someone with less-than-pure motives has your name and email, they’re going to try to convince you to give up more details about yourself. And they’re going to be tricky.
So watch out.
Read more about the data theft and how to avoid phishing attacks at Reuters.
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