New York Times sends subscriber email to 8.6 million readers instead of 300

ronjor · Dec 28, 2011

by Julie Moos

The New York Times has determined that a mass email sent to subscribers was an error, not the result of spam or hacking.

“We regret that the error was made, but no one’s security has been compromised,” spokeswoman Eileen Murphy told the Times.

The email, which I received around 1:15 p.m., contains “Important information regarding your subscription,” according to the subject line, and offers a special home delivery rate for subscribers who recently cancelled. Times spokeswoman Danielle Rhoades Ha initially told the paper the message was spam, but “others familiar with The Times’s technical operations said it was unclear whether it was spam or possibly an erroneous mass e-mail.”
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