Subj : Universal Music Group admits data breach, Social Security Numbers
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Oct 08 2024 16:15:04

Universal Music Group admits data breach, Social Security Numbers and more 
stolen

Date:
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 15:02:00 +0000

Description:
There is no evidence of data misuse just yet, but UMG says hundreds are 
affected.

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Universal Music Group (UMG), the worlds largest music company, confirmed 
suffering a cyberattack in which sensitive customer information was stolen. 

In a data breach notification letter sent to affected individuals, the 
company said that it detected unauthorized activity in one of its internal 
applications in early July 2024. Subsequent investigation determined that the 
threat actors exfiltrated peoples names and Social Security Numbers. 

UMG also filed a form with the Office of the Maine Attorney General, in which 
it said that the breach affected 680 people, including one resident of Maine. 
No evidence of misuse 

While the breach definitely sounds limited, compared to some others weve seen 
lately, it is still big enough to result in phishing, or identity theft, 
which could lead to more dangerous attacks, such as ransomware. At this time, 
UMG does not believe this is the case: 

While we have found no evidence that your information has been misused, we 
are informing you of the incident to allow you to take steps to maintain the 
security of your identity, the company wrote. 

So, the data is yet to be abused somewhere - however, UMG is not taking any 
chances, and will be offering credit monitoring and identity theft protection 
through Experians IdentityWorks for 24 months, for affected people. 

UMG did not share more details about the incident, so we dont know if this 
was a ransomware attack in the first place. Usually, ransomware attacks do 
result in data theft, as well, although in recent times, some groups skip the 
encryption part and just go for the data. Its faster and cheaper that way, 
yet apparently yields the same results. 

No threat actors have assumed responsibility for the attack, as well. 

Headquartered in the Netherlands, UMG is the world's largest music company, 
engaged in the recording, publishing, and distribution. It represents a vast 
catalog of artists and owns several prominent labels, such as Capitol 
Records, Def Jam, and Republic Records. 

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/universal-music-group-admits-data-breac
h-social-security-numbers-and-more-stolen


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