Nationwide Amusements, the cinema chain and company father or mother large of media giants Paramount and CBS, has confirmed it skilled an information breach by which hackers stole the non-public info of tens of 1000’s of individuals.
The non-public media conglomerate mentioned in a legally required submitting with Maine’s legal professional normal that hackers stole private info on 82,128 folks throughout a December 2022 information breach.
Particulars of the December 2022 breach solely got here to gentle a 12 months later, after the corporate started notifying these affected final week.
In accordance with Maine’s discover, the corporate found the breach months later in August 2023, however didn’t say what particular private info was taken. The info breach discover filed with Maine mentioned that hackers additionally stole monetary info, corresponding to banking account numbers or bank card numbers together with related safety codes, passwords or secrets and techniques.
The stolen information could relate to the corporate’s staff because the information breach notification letter was submitted by the corporate’s human sources chief.
However the media large has mentioned little else concerning the breach, or whether or not the non-public info of its prospects or customers are additionally affected. It’s not clear what sort of cyberattack the corporate skilled, or whether or not the corporate acquired a ransom demand — or subsequently paid the hackers.
Rachel Lulay, a spokesperson for Nationwide Amusements, didn’t reply to a request for remark Tuesday. Spokespeople for CBS and Paramount additionally didn’t remark.
Nationwide Amusements owns greater than 1,500 cinemas throughout the US, however the firm is greatest identified for its controlling stake in Paramount and CBS following the Viacom-CBS merger in 2019.
Paramount disclosed a separate safety incident in August, in keeping with a submitting with the Massachusetts legal professional normal, by which hackers took private info on an unspecified variety of prospects. The hackers stole Paramount buyer names and dates of beginning, in addition to Social Safety numbers or different government-issued identification numbers, in keeping with the discover.
Disclosure: Zack Whittaker beforehand labored at CBS previous to August 2018.