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Pharma Security Woes: GlaxoSmithKline Customer Medical Info Exposed in Epsilon Breach

Posted on Friday, April 29th, 2011 by
This article in the Wall Street Journal confirms that the Epsilon data breach goes far beyond simply exposing customer names and emails. Indeed, pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline has alerted customers via email that their email addresses and names have been compromised, and that the stolen information may have identified the product website on which they registered their medical conditions.

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Elaine Rigoli

Elaine Rigoli is a veteran business writer with years of experience managing content and community for various B2B and consumer websites. Elaine has written thousands of articles and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal and eWeek, among other publications.

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