Email from the Sun - website hacked

debwh142

Has anyone else had this email from the Sun:
Dear Reader,

I am writing to you on behalf of News Group Newspapers (NGN) – publisher of The Sun and former publisher of the News of the World.

As you may be aware on July 19th The Sun website was subject to an organised criminal attack. It has now come to our attention that some customer information from competitions and polls was breached as part of this attack. Details vary, but could include name, address, date of birth, email and phone numbers. No financial or password information was compromised.

We are contacting you because we believe that information that you submitted to us could have been accessed, and may be published online by the group responsible. We are working closely with the Police and the Information Commissioner's Office to ensure that all steps are taken to retrieve the files involved.

We regret that we've not been able to stop this incident from happening. We'll update you directly if there are further developments related to your specific data. We would advise as a precaution to take extra care when dealing with contact from third parties if they are unknown to you.

In the meantime if you have any questions or require any further information, please contact us at [EMAIL="custserv@thesun.co.uk"]custserv@thesun.co.uk[/EMAIL] or on 0207 8601129.

Regards,
Chris Duncan
Director of Customer Management

Is it real or a hoax and if so have our details been compromised?

catgil

Yes I've just received one Not really sure what to do.

gem599

me too...!

catgil

gem599 wrote: »

me too...!

I feel a little better now I know I'm not the only one!!!:eek:

debwh142

Haven't phoned as only received it tonight about 7.00pm but thought I'd post it to see what we all think about it and what the majority thinks we should do about it

withywood

gem599 wrote: »

me too...!

and me:eek:

hstudent

debwh142 wrote: »

Is it real or a hoax and if so have our details been compromised?

I've had it as well. I've studied Internet technologies at uni so can confirm from the sender information provided that it has come from The Sun and not someone attempting to be The Sun.

I've started getting a lot of spam emails recently, which originate from the Isle of Man so that could be related to this. With them being sent from the Isle of Man the UK Data Protection Act doesn't apply so if they refuse to tell me where they obtained my details from. These emails say at the bottom they've come from eSmart Media Ltd, so other people have started receiving the same ones then it could be related.

amsquared

Mine arrived at 18:57 this evening. Not sure if Sun comps usually ask for DOB!

standingupformyself

I have had one too. Yes, I think that d-o-b are on their forms, personally I never fill in my correct one though, I always do it one day out, so if I was ever lucky enough to win anything mega, where the date of birth is important, I can hopefully say that it was a typing error. I am unsure of putting all my real details for any company to have

amsquared

amsquared wrote: »

Mine arrived at 18:57 this evening. Not sure if Sun comps usually ask for DOB!

Yes just checked a couple of recent Sun comps and DOB is on them!

marialionza

Dear Reader,

I am writing to you on behalf of News Group Newspapers (NGN) – publisher of The Sun and former publisher of the News of the World.

As you may be aware on July 19th The Sun website was subject to an organised criminal attack. It has now come to our attention that some customer information from competitions and polls was breached as part of this attack. Details vary, but could include name, address, date of birth, email and phone numbers. No financial or password information was compromised.

We are contacting you because we believe that information that you submitted to us could have been accessed, and may be published online by the group responsible. We are working closely with the Police and the Information Commissioner's Office to ensure that all steps are taken to retrieve the files involved.

We regret that we've not been able to stop this incident from happening. We'll update you directly if there are further developments related to your specific data. We would advise as a precaution to take extra care when dealing with contact from third parties if they are unknown to you.

In the meantime if you have any questions or require any further information, please contact us at custserv@thesun.co.uk or on 0207 8601129.

Regards,
Chris Duncan
Director of Customer Management