{"id":663,"date":"2014-05-05T12:51:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T10:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/?p=663"},"modified":"2015-06-19T09:31:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T07:31:08","slug":"estsoft-leaked-personal-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/2014\/05\/05\/estsoft-leaked-personal-information\/","title":{"rendered":"ESTsoft leaked personal information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems ESTsoft leaked personal information. How can I tell? Well, continue reading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I received spam on a unique e-mail address I only <em>ever<\/em> used to communicate with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.estsoft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ESTsoft<\/a>, makers of ALzip.<\/p>\n<p>So they either had a security incident where customer data was stolen, or they deliberately passed (possibly &#8220;sold&#8221;) my e-mail address to a third party.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to contact them, but eventually they&#8217;re no longer in business because their support e-mail address does no longer exist. See below non-delivery notice:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b><span style=\"color: #000066; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups:<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:support@estsoft.com\">support@estsoft.com<\/a><br \/>\nThe email address you entered couldn&#8217;t be found.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Is there anyone out there who have similar experience with that company? If so, I&#8217;d like to hear from you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESTsoft seem to have leaked customer data &#8212; by accident or deliberately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[128],"class_list":["post-663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security-computers","tag-spam"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ESTsoft leaked personal information - Ralf&#039;s Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ESTsoft seem to have leaked personal information (customer data) -- by accident or deliberately.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/2014\/05\/05\/estsoft-leaked-personal-information\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ESTsoft leaked personal information - 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