More than 100 Mailchimp accounts accessed via social engineering cyberattack

A hacker accessed 133 Mailchimp accounts using a social engineering attack on company employees and contractors, the company announced on Tuesday.

In a statement, first reported by TechCrunch, the email marketing firm said the attack occurred on January 11. Using employee credentials compromised in that incident, the attacker targeted the 133 accounts. 

“After we identified evidence of an unauthorized actor, we temporarily suspended account access for Mailchimp accounts where we detected suspicious activity to protect our users’ data. We notified …

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