Thieves have gained access to an e-mail list of Honda owners, leading the automaker to warn customers about the potential for the list to be used to try to pry personal information from them.
Customers learned about the security breach in an e-mail from Honda late last week.
"American Honda Motor Co., Inc. recently became aware of unauthorized access to an e-mail list used by a vendor to create a welcome e-mail to customers who have an Owner Link or My Acura vehicle account," the message said.
The list, which was maintained by an outside vendor, included 2.2 million customers' names, login names, e-mail addresses and vehicle-identification numbers, Honda said. It did not include more-sensitive data, such as phone numbers, Social Security numbers or birth dates.
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