Multinational mass media conglomerate Paramount Global suffered a data breach after an unauthorized party gained access to personally identifiable information.
According to the data breach notification letter sent to the impacted individuals, an unauthorized party accessed files from certain systems of the company between May and June 2023.
After being aware of the breach, Paramount Global launched an investigation into the incident and determined that threat actors had access to some files containing some personal information.
The personal information includes 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 the relationship of the impacted individuals with Paramount.
The company is coordinating with law enforcement and are implementing enhanced measures to help prevent this type of issue from reoccurring.
According to the company the incident impacted less than 100 individuals. However, Paramount did not disclose details about the attack.
The company is also offering impacted individuals free identity protection and credit monitoring services for two years.
Paramount Global states it has no evidence to date that the accessed personal information has been misused as a result of the security breach.
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