Hackers Hit Honda, Steal Millions of Customers' Data

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http://www.insideline.com/honda/hackers-hit-honda-steal-millions-of-customers-data.html

Hackers Hit Honda, Steal Millions of Customers' Data

Published Dec 28, 2010

5 Ratings
Just the Facts:

     * American Honda says thieves have hacked 2.2 million customers' 
personal data.
     * Names, e-mail addresses and VINs are among the data, but no 
financial information.
     * A second list of 2.7 million Acura owners was also stolen but 
included e-mail addresses only.


TORRANCE, California . It sounds bad, but perhaps it's not as bad as it 
could have been: American Honda has notified 2.2 million customers that a 
list including e-mail addresses, VINs and login information has been 
stolen by unknown hackers. Company officials say the list didn't include 
Social Security numbers, birthdates, bank information or other data that 
would leave people vulnerable to identity theft.

The Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch reported that the list belonged to an outside 
vendor who was using it to send "welcome" e-mail messages to customers 
with OwnerLink or MyAcura accounts. Reportedly, 2.7 million Acura owners 
were on a separate list that was also stolen, but that one had only e-mail 
addresses on it.

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