Microsoft has apologized for a distasteful email sent out to company interns which invited them to a party at the office. The company sent the email to Bay Area interns and read, "There will be hella noms, lots of dranks, the best beats and just like last year, we're breaking out the Yammer beer pong tables!" The company has admitted that the email was "poorly worded" and plans to address where it came from.

Edward Majerczyk, a 28 year-old Chicago man, has pleaded guilty to using phishing scams to break into the iCloud and Gmail accounts of more than 300 users, including about 30 celebrities. Pop star Rihanna and Oscar winning actress Jennifer Lawrence were among the victims of the scandal which resulted in the leak of nude photographs in 2014.

Less disclosure is best when it comes to data breaches, privacy attorneys told Bloomberg BNA. While these experts concur that companies that have experienced a data breach are obligated to report their exposures to both regulators and customers, the company should try to focus on internal investigations and fixing the issues rather than explaining publicly how the issues occurred.

Former New York city mayor Rudy Giuliani has criticized the FBI's determination that Hilary Clinton should not face charges for her use of a private email when serving as secretary of state. Giuliani, a former prosecutor, said that a reasonable prosecutor would indict her. However, Giuliani did tweet that FBI director James Comey and called him an honorable man.

Big law firms have been banning personal email at work. The latest company to do so is Jones Day. The company banned email after an associate posted salary information in a personal email sent from work. The company has gone so far as to block gmail on company computers.

A federal judged has ruled that federal officials are not allowed to use a private email account to avoid public records laws. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overturned a decision by a lower court which had dismissed claims of conservative think tank Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), which had tried to access correspondence from a top White House official through the Freedom of Information Act.

Donald Trump's recent push into email marketing has come with a little bit of help: the Republican candidate has rented his fundraising lists from previous campaigns. One recent email was sent to Newt Gingrich's list that he built during his 2012 presidential campaign. Critics have said that Trump's list rental suggests that his campaign's list is not large enough. Clinton's email campaign reportedly has plans to use Obama's email list for her campaign efforts.

Email scammers are taking advantage of Brexit by sending out emails to Britons concerned about the results of the EU referendum. Emails with subject lines such as, "Brexit causes historic market drop" have been landing in the inboxes of British citizens since the vote last month. According to security firm Symantec, researchers have seen a 392 percent increase in spam emails that use Brexit in the subject line since the decision.

Australian mobile phone company has been targeted in a phishing scam. Customers of Telstra have been receiving emails from a fake account that claim to come from the brand. These spam messages were detected by security firm MailGuard. The emails claim that the sender is owed a refund and asks them to share banking details to receive the refund.

Expedia had an email hiccup that left some passengers having to rebook flights at higher prices. The issue stemmed from a flight change early on in the booking that was supposed to be emailed to the customers, that never landed in the inbox. Expedia has refunded the customers the price difference as a gesture of good will.