#privacy

EXCLUSIVE: Media Buyers Block Publicis’ Epsilon SSP Over Data Leakage Concerns
WPP, IPG, Havas, and others sent media dollars and data to a rival—via Epsilon’s SSP

• In the notoriously complex digital advertising supply chain, some brands and their agencies have funneled money and data to rival publicisgroupe without knowing it.

• Media buyers fear that by unknowingly purchasing resold publisher inventory—routed through publicisgroupe's Epsilon-owned supply-side platform (SSP) to other SSPs in open-web auctions—they’ve both funded a competitor and revealed their audience targeting strategies.

• Epsilon SSP is the only major SSP on the market owned by an agency or holdco.

• Over the past 18 months, the media-buying arms of wpp, interpublicipg, dentsu, and havas—along with at least four independent agencies and one brand-side programmatic team—purchased ad inventory indirectly through Publicis’ Epsilon SSP.

• Some buyers are now blocking Epsilon SSP over concerns that, by transacting on the platform, they’ve not only funneled dollars to publicisgroupe but also exposed valuable data to a direct competitor.

• This data includes the amount they’re willing to spend on specific inventory, creative assets, and the audiences they’re targeting—signals these media buyers say could be used to gain a competitive advantage.

Publicis/Epsilon can't stop stealing

AT&T seems breached again, the hacker is selling access to 24 million users' data – are you one of those?

If you've got $100,000 – but strictly in crypto – you could buy access to the carrier's infrastructure, the offering claims.

By Sebastian Pier
PUBLISHED: SEP 03, 2025, 3:45 AM

https://www.phonearena.com/news/at-t-is-it-breached-again_id173750

Is AT&T going to be sued and fined for neglecting its users' private data? Or is it going to settle to pay out compensations to numerous users again, like it recently did?

This could very well happen, if another AT&T breach occurs – and SOCRadar's Dark Web Team has come across a new listing on the dark web that advertises what is described as unauthorized access to AT&T's internal systems.

Dark Web Offers Exploits, AT&T Access, Ledger Scam Kit, and 100K Stolen Cards

SOCRadar’s Dark Web Team has identified a new wave of underground activity involving high-value exploits, access, and data leaks. Threat actors are advertising an alleged Android 0-day affecting versions 11 through 15, persistent unauthorized access to AT&T’s core infrastructure, and a dump of over 100,000 credit cards from multiple countries. Additionally, a new scam page targeting Ledger wallet users has been leaked, suggesting broader phishing campaigns targeting the crypto community.

https://socradar.io/dark-web-offers-exploits-att-access-ledger-scam-kit-and-100k-stolen-cards/

I noticed in the grand new update they just released one of the programs newly installed is Impero Connect Host. This means they can monitor your screens in real time without notifying you.

Wondering if anyone who has posted on here have had their post come back to haunt them? Have questions but don't want to ask them if it could come back to me...

Sometime in 2020 with pandemic closures, the company installed monitoring applications on laptops that randomly captures screenshots and reported meta information. Then came tracking the badge swipes at doors to ensure that all employees ordered to return to the office, did so and did so on time. IT can report how long you spend on Zoom calls, emails, spreadsheets, salesforce or if you’ve got blank space in your calendar. They’ve reportedly started tracking mobile phone location data for all employees- including once exempt sales and admin staff. If you have a company phone, and don’t live in Cali, you are now most likely in the surveillance crosshairs. Enjoy eating lunch or leaving at 5:01 pm knowing that your location is being watched. What’s next a loyalty test?