Dow Jones and E*Trade recently alerted their customers that personal information had allegedly been breached, BankInfoSecurity reports. Although some “personal information had been compromised,” there isn’t evidence that includes “any sensitive customer account information,” E*Trade explained in an email to its 31,000 affected customers. Meanwhile, Dow Jones CEO William Lewis alerted subscribers of the company’s breach via letter, indicating that between August 2012 and July 2015, hackers were looking for the “contact information for as many current and former subscribers as possible," a number as high 2.4 million. Additionally, “payment card … information for fewer than 3,500 individuals could have been accessed," Lewis said.
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