Subj : Paramount confirms data breach, user personal data compromised
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Aug 31 2023 18:15:04

Paramount confirms data breach, user personal data compromised

Date:
Thu, 31 Aug 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Description:
Hackers stole sensitive data, including Social Security Numbers.

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Entertainment powerhouse Paramount Global was hacked earlier this year, 
between May and June, with threat actors running away with sensitive data. 

As reported by BleepingComputer, Executive Vice President (EVP) of 
Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Brian Keane, mailed the victims earlier this 
week, to explain what had happened and what the company was doing about it. 

"Based on our investigation, the personal information may have included your 
name, date of birth, Social Security number or other government-issued 
identification number (such as driver's license number or passport number) 
and information related to your relationship with Paramount," the message 
allegedly reads. Employees, or customers? 

While its yet unknown if the data stolen belonged to Paramounts employees or 
customers (for example, subscribers to the Paramount+ service), we know how 
many individuals were affected: 

"The personal information of less than 100 individuals may have been accessed 
by the unauthorized party and those individuals and the relevant authorities 
were notified, the companys spokesperson told the publication. Read more 

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After the initial findings, Paramount followed the incident response 
playbook: it hired a third-party security expert to run forensics and assess 
the damage, notified the police, and started upgrading its security posture 
so that such incidents dont repeat in the future. 

The identity of the attackers is unknown, but apparently, we can cross Clop 
off that list; BleepingComputer says that the Russia-linked threat actor 
wasnt behind the attack. In fact, the strike on Paramount wasnt a ransomware 
attack at all, and it had nothing to do with the recent compromise of MoveIT 
either. 

Paramount is one of the worlds largest entertainment conglomerates, owning 
brands such as Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, Showtime, MTV, and others. It 
operates in more than 180 countries and has more than 4.3 billion subscribers 
(there is probably a lot of overlapping across different platforms, as 
Paramount Plus, for example, counts 32.8 million subscribers). Here is the 
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Via: BleepingComputer



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/paramount-confirms-data-breach-user-per
sonal-data-compromised


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