The California Office of the Attorney General reported on October 30, 2017, that Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO) experienced a data breach on May 15, 2017. The breach involved unauthorized access to HBO's information technology network, compromising personally identifiable information of individuals. The specific number of affected individuals and detailed types of personal information compromised remain unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-103102
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/hbo
"id": "hbo508072525",
"linkid": "hbo",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Entertainment',
'name': 'Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO)',
'type': 'Entertainment Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personally Identifiable '
'Information'},
'date_detected': '2017-05-15',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-10-30',
'description': "Unauthorized access to HBO's information technology network, "
'compromising personally identifiable information of '
'individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personally Identifiable Information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-10-30',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'HBO Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}