American leisure big Paramount World disclosed a knowledge breach after its methods bought hacked and attackers gained entry to personally identifiable info (PII).
Paramount mentioned in breach notification letters signed by Nickelodeon Animation Studio EVP Brian Keane despatched to affected people that the attackers had entry to its methods between Might and June 2023.
“Primarily based on our investigation, the non-public info might have included your title, date of delivery, Social Safety quantity or different government-issued identification quantity (reminiscent of driver’s license quantity or passport quantity) and knowledge associated to your relationship with Paramount,” the mass media big advised impacted folks.
After discovering the incident, the corporate took steps to safe impacted methods and began an investigation to ascertain the extent and scope of the breach.
Paramount additionally employed a cybersecurity knowledgeable to assist examine the assault and is collaborating with legislation enforcement brokers as a part of an investigation.
It mentioned it is also upgrading safety measures to make sure that comparable incidents is not going to reoccur.
Information breach affected lower than 100 folks
“We did examine an incident the place we discovered that an unauthorized occasion accessed sure information from our methods. Upon discovery of the unauthorized exercise, we took swift motion to determine and handle the incident,” a Paramount spokesperson advised BleepingComputer.
“The non-public info of lower than 100 people might have been accessed by the unauthorized occasion and people people and the related authorities have been notified.”
Paramount is but to disclose if the affected individuals are workers or prospects (e.g., Paramount+ subscribers).
Whereas no different particulars relating to the safety breach have been supplied, BleepingComputer has discovered that this was not a ransomware assault and it was not linked to Clop’s latest wave of MoveIT information theft assaults.
Paramount is a number one leisure and streaming firm whose portfolio features a lengthy checklist of community, studio, and streaming manufacturers reminiscent of CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Footage, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, and Paramount+.
It additionally boasts over 4.3 billion subscribers throughout its providers in additional than 180 international locations.Â
