CINCINNATI, April 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR)
notified its customers today that there has been a breach of the database
that stores customers' names and email addresses only. The incident
occurred at Epsilon, a third-party vendor that Kroger and other companies
use to manage email communications.
Kroger stressed to its customers that the only information obtained was
names and email addresses of customers. Epsilon manages Kroger's customer
email database.
Kroger urged customers not to open email from senders they do not know and
reminded customers that Kroger will never ask for personal information
such as credit card numbers or social security numbers in an email.
Kroger apologizes to customers for any inconvenience.
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