Hillary Clinton's email controversy is a matter of concern for independent voters in Massachusetts, according to a new poll. The latest Emerson College Polling Society survey revealed that 47% of independents are less likely to vote for Clinton over her use of a private email account. Only 24% of Democrats are concerned about the issue. Another recent national poll found that most Americans are sick of hearing about Clinton's email scandal.

A supply management company in Hong Kong has lost more than $200,000 after failing victim to an email scam. Spammers sent the company fake emails, pretending they had come from the owners of the firm. The emails demanded that money be paid into foreign accounts. The same scam has hurt other companies in Hong Kong this year. In fact, in the first six months of 2015, 489 companies were victimized and lost a total of $78 million.

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. has settled a lawsuit brought on by former and current employees who claim their personal data was stolen in the 2014 hacking. The company has agreed to pay up to $8 million to resolve the issue which came about when the studio was set to release "The Interview," a comedy set in North Korea. Sony will pay up to $2.5 million, or $10,000 per person, to reimburse employees for identity theft losses.

Bernie Sanders was right. Most Americans are sick of hearing about Hillary Clinton's email scandal, according to a new report from Monmouth University Polling Institute. The research revealed that 59 percent of U.S. adults are tired of the issue and only 32 percent think that the media should still cover the story. The research also revealed that 48 percent of those polled think Clinton was less than honest about the issue.

Digits, Twitter's tool for users to sign up using their phone numbers, is now allowing email sign-ins. Digits accepts email addresses, authenticates them, and then ports the account back to the user.

British hospital Kettering General Hospital has been hacked by a Russian hacking group. The organization is investigating how the spammers have been able to access the hospital's email server in order to send spam emails advertising illegal goods on the dark web.

Google is implementing Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance checks in order to reduce email fraud. The company revealed that it is updating its policy for handling emails that fail the authentication checks of the Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) standard. Beginning next June, the ISP will reject all emails that fail the DMARC checks.

WikiLeaks will release the contents of CIA chief John Brennan's email account. News broke that Brennan's email was hacked earlier this week. According to the WikiLeaks Twitter account, the organization will release the emails "shortly." According to reports, a teenager who was angry about U.S. foreign policy hacked into the account.

Email marketing is important to B2B marketers, according to a new report. The research from Ascend2 and un & Bradstreet NetProspex's "Email Marketing Trends-B2B Benchmarks for 2015" report found that 60 percent of the 195 B2B business professionals surveyed use email to boost engagement. In addition, 57 percent use email for lead generation and 43 percent use the channel to improve acquisition and retention.

The owner of Northern Ireland's largest cinema chain Michael McAdam was almost the victim of a spam attack and is warning others. He received what he thought was an email from his bookkeeper asking him to transfer GBP18,900 to another business urgently. He was about to make the transfer when she discovered that they were being scammed and called to ask him to stop. Concerned that others will fall for what looks like a legitimate request, he is speaking out to warn others.