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