MetaBrainz Foundation Inc.

MetaBrainz Foundation Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported that MetaBrainz Foundation experienced a data breach involving email addresses and birth dates of users, potentially between April 26, 2019, and November 22, 2020. The reported date of the breach notification was December 1, 2020. The breach involved data being available in the source code of web pages, but passwords were not compromised.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-196624

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/metabrainz

"id": "met246072625",
"linkid": "metabrainz",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2019",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Technology',
                        'name': 'MetaBrainz Foundation',
                        'type': 'Non-profit Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Data available in the source code of web pages',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['email addresses',
                                                         'birth dates'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['email addresses',
                                              'birth dates']},
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-12-01',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'MetaBrainz Foundation experienced a data breach involving '
                'email addresses and birth dates of users, potentially between '
                'April 26, 2019, and November 22, 2020. The reported date of '
                'the breach notification was December 1, 2020. The breach '
                'involved data being available in the source code of web '
                'pages, but passwords were not compromised.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['email addresses', 'birth dates']},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'MetaBrainz Foundation Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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