Weird Collegeboard Email

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Did anyone else get this?</p>

<p>"We have been informed by Epsilon, the vendor that sends email to you on our behalf, that your e-mail address may have been exposed by unauthorized entry into their system.</p>

<p>Epsilon has assured us that the only information that may have been obtained was your first and last name and e-mail address. REST ASSURED THAT THIS VENDOR DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO OTHER MORE SENSITIVE INFORMATION SUCH AS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR CREDIT CARD DATA.</p>

<p>Please note, it is possible you may receive spam e-mail messages as a result. We want to urge you to be cautious when opening links or attachments from unknown third parties.</p>

<p>In keeping with standard security practices, the College Board will never ask you to provide or confirm any information, including credit card numbers, unless you are on a secure College Board site.</p>

<p>Epsilon has reported this incident to, and is working with, the appropriate authorities.</p>

<p>We regret this has taken place and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. We take your privacy very seriously, and we will continue to work diligently to protect your personal information.</p>

<p>Sincerely,</p>

<p>The College Board"</p>

<p>Very bizarre.</p>

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<p>I got that too!</p>

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<p>I got that too…</p>

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<p>Same here, haha freaky…</p>

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<p>Yeah, I got this too.</p>

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<p>Me too! It scared me for a second, but since so many of us got it, maybe it’s an error in the system.</p>

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<p>Perhaps.</p>

<p>I wasn’t even thinking about it accessing any of the important numbers until it said they couldn’t. haha. Kinda freaky.</p>

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<p>Yeah well they sell your email to everybody anyway so it hardly matters</p>

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<p>yeah, I got it too. But at least our SS numbers weren’t exposed…</p>

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<p>got it as well</p>

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<p>Got it, Collegeboard is always full of fail. . .</p>

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<p>same 10char</p>

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<p>i got that too ! at like 2:30 am</p>

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<p>Got it too. But then they also sent me an email reminding me to register for the May 7th SAT.
I registered for it months ago :stuck_out_tongue:
Collegeboard is indeed full of fail.</p>

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<p>Got it as well.</p>

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<p>Got it too.</p>

<p>Oh noes, my name and E-Mail…</p>

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<p>I got it too.</p>

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<p>Sad to admit, I was legit scared when I read it.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://technolog.msnbc.msn%5B/url%5D”>http://technolog.msnbc.msn</a> .com/_news/2011/04/03/6402261-millions-of-emails-exposed-in-major-security-breach?gt1=43001</p>

<p>remove the space before dot com</p>

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<p>I got that too! <— The most common reply to this thread.</p>

<p>Late April Fools Joke? What do they mean in the e-mail by “Epsilon?”</p>