In December 1994 , the company received attention after an executive at Burson-Marsteller was killed by a mailbomb sent by the " Unabomber " . The '' Washington Post '' reported that Ted Kaczynski targeted Burson-Marsteller executive Thomas Mosser due to a belief Exxon had consulted with Burson-Marsteller during the Valdez oil spill . Burson-Marsteller stated that they had advised Exxon in the past and had been asked to review and analyze Exxon 's handling of the disaster afterwards , but had not been engaged to manage the crisis itself
Valdez oil spill
Exxon Valdez oil spill
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