I received this email today from Honda.....FYI.......

Dear Customer,

American Honda Motor Co., Inc. recently became aware of unauthorized access to an email list used by a vendor to create a welcome email to customers who have an Owner Link or My Acura vehicle account. The data that was obtained included your email address, your name, Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) and User ID. Your password was not included and no other sensitive information was contained in that list.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. As a company, we believe that all customer relationships must be built on trust. That is why we believe it is important to inform you of this incident. You may be aware of attacks on email marketing systems, therefore we want to assure you that we take the safeguarding of your information seriously and that the appropriate authorities have been contacted regarding this incident. Additionally, we have taken steps to minimize this type of exposure in the future.

As a Company, we encourage you to continue to be aware of the increasingly common email scams that may use your email address to contact you and ask for personal or sensitive information -- Be cautious when opening links or attachments from unsolicited third parties. Also, know that American Honda Motor Co., Inc. will not send you emails asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personal information. If ever asked for this information, you can be confident it is not from us.

Again, let us reassure you that we are taking necessary steps to safeguard your personal information.

If you would like further information on this topic please visit honda.com/info/b

Thank you.

American Honda Motor Co., Inc.



Additional information from Honda:

You have arrived at this American Honda Motor Co., Inc. web page because
you received an email communication regarding recent unauthorized access to data.

Based on the recent data incident, it is not necessary to change your account password. However, should you wish to, you may take the following steps:

1. Go to ahm-ownerlink.com or owners.acura.com.
2. Click on Log In.
3. Click on Forgot Password and follow the step by step instructions to create a new password.

Other related questions:

●Do I need to change my password for all Honda web sites?

The password needs only to be changed on one site. With our single sign-on feature, you can use the same log in to access your Honda or Acura web accounts.
●How do I know if I have been affected by this event?

American Honda Motor Co., Inc. has contacted all affected customers directly. If you did not receive an email directly, you are not affected.
●Have I been a victim of identity theft?

Based solely on the information that was accessed, it would be difficult for your identity to be stolen.
●Has any of my financial information been stolen?

No financial information was compromised.
●How did American Honda Motor Co., Inc. get my email information?

There are multiple ways in which you may have submitted information to American Honda Motor Co., Inc., including:

• Provided to an authorized dealer during a vehicle transaction
• Requested more information through an American Honda Motor Co., Inc. web site
• Established an online account with Honda Financial Services or Acura Financial Services

●What is being done to protect my personal information?

Law enforcement authorities have been contacted and an investigation is in process. Further, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. is taking steps to minimize this type of exposure in the future.
●What can I do to protect my information?

Be cautious of unsolicited emails requesting personal information. Often, these communications can look official. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. will not send emails requesting social security or credit card numbers or other personal information.
●What can I do to keep my online accounts secure?

Creating and maintaining strong passwords is a key to safeguarding your account. Below are a few suggestions.
Creating passwords

• Use both numbers and letters, mixing upper and lower case.
• Passwords should be easy to remember but difficult to guess.
• Do not use easy sequences, (eg. "abcdef"), or repeated characters (eg. "111111")

Maintaining passwords

• Keep passwords secret. Do not disclose to others.
• Do not write down passwords.
• If you must store your passwords, store them separate from your computer.
• Change your passwords frequently.
• Change your password immediately if you suspect that it might have been compromised in any way.
• Change initial or re-set passwords that are received from others (e.g. security administration) immediately after receipt.
• Do not change your password back to one that you have already used.
• Do not use one password across multiple sites.

 

Yeah I got this too

 

Me three. D:

 

yeah i got it too ...

 

Hopefully the person who hacks my account can pay my car note for me too

 

if not the balance, atleast a minimum payment.

 

I got no such e-mail and I do have such an account. thanks for the heads up!

 

so what is compromised?

 

I wonder..)

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I never got such an email either, and I have an account for both my Acura and my Honda. I wonder if the notice went out to specific accounts only that they know have been compromised?

 

I had an installment loan with Honda and never received any notification. It turns out, my account was compromised. The address on my account was changed to a PO Box in Port Barre Louisiana in 2008. My account statements were being mailed to that address for over 2 years. I didn't know because my bills are automatically paid through my bank. I actually disputed the address which showed up on my credit reports through Equifax in 2008. Equifax didn't investigate it by contacting Honda. In fact, every time I disputed the address, Equifax claimed the address was deleted (meaning they contacted the furnishers of the address...Honda) and deleted the address. As it turns out, Equifax never contacted Honda at all...as I discovered in early 2011 right after I filed suit against Equifax. Equifax continued to say the address was deleted and re-inserted the address each time they claimed to have deleted it...last time was June 2012. When I contacted Honda based on discovering Honda was reporting the address using my Experian credit report, Honda pretended to have no idea how my address got changed. Anyway, I believe Honda essentially mislead and/or didn't contact many people affected by their security breach. If I didn't have automatic pay, my account would have gone into collection and possible re-possession...and my credit would have damaged in the process. I believe creditors and CRAs like Equifax are in on this stuff together....Equifax for getting credit monitoring revenue due to apparent identity theft and creditors for extra fees they can collect for late payments and repossessions to include legal costs. After contacting Honda to have my address changed back to the only address they had in their records (my valid address), I quickly paid off my balance to close the account. But this didn't stop Equifax from continuously re-inserting the address. I'd suggest everyone contacted by Honda check your credit reports from all credit reporting agencies and contact Honda to see if your address has or was ever changed.