More than 12,000 prominent social media influencers were exposed by a data breach at a marketing firm that pairs online stars with top brands seeking product reviews and endorsements.
The breach exposed the stars’ true identities, their street addresses, apartment numbers, phone numbers, email addresses, and more. The users are predominantly young women.
Source: https://gizmodo.com/12-000-social-media-influencers-mostly-women-exposed-1822634002
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/octoly
"id": "oct1237622",
"linkid": "octoly",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "02/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '12,000+ social media '
'influencers',
'industry': 'Marketing',
'name': 'Marketing Firm',
'type': 'Corporate'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '12,000+',
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personally Identifiable '
'Information',
'Contact Information']},
'description': 'More than 12,000 prominent social media influencers were '
'exposed by a data breach at a marketing firm that pairs '
'online stars with top brands seeking product reviews and '
'endorsements. The breach exposed the stars’ true identities, '
'their street addresses, apartment numbers, phone numbers, '
'email addresses, and more. The users are predominantly young '
'women.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['True identities',
'Street addresses',
'Apartment numbers',
'Phone numbers',
'Email addresses']},
'title': 'Data Breach Exposes Information of Social Media Influencers',
'type': 'Data Breach'}