Multinational mass media conglomerate Paramount Global suffered a data breach after an unauthorized party accessed files from certain of its systems.
The compromised information included 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 offered impacted individuals free identity protection and credit monitoring services for two years.
Source: https://securityaffairs.com/150148/data-breach/paramount-global-data-breach.html
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/paramountco
"id": "par23911923",
"linkid": "paramountco",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "08/2023",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Mass Media',
'name': 'Paramount Global',
'type': 'Corporation'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['name',
'date of birth',
'Social Security '
'number',
'other '
'government-issued '
'identification '
'number (such as '
'driver’s license '
'number or passport '
'number)'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personally Identifiable '
'Information (PII)',
'Relationship Information']},
'description': 'Multinational mass media conglomerate Paramount Global '
'suffered a data breach after an unauthorized party accessed '
'files from certain of its systems.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['name',
'date of birth',
'Social Security number',
'other government-issued identification '
'number (such as driver’s license number or '
'passport number)',
'information related to the relationship of '
'the impacted individuals with Paramount']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': ['Offered impacted individuals free '
'identity protection and credit '
'monitoring services for two years']},
'title': 'Paramount Global Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}