Star Tribune

Hackers stole 73.2 million user records from 10 businesses, including 1 million from the Star Tribune, and attempted to sell the records on the dark web.

The information that the hackers accessed is simply used by its subscribers to log on to startribune.com and read the news.

Star Tribune sent e-mail to subscribers alerting them of the alleged hack.

Source: https://www.startribune.com/hacker-group-claims-to-have-stolen-star-tribune-user-information/570384542/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/star-tribune

"id": "sta20841222",
"linkid": "star-tribune",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '1 million',
                        'industry': 'News and Media',
                        'name': 'Star Tribune',
                        'type': 'Media Company'}],
 'customer_advisories': ['Sent e-mail to subscribers alerting them of the '
                         'alleged hack'],
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'number_of_records_exposed': '1 million',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'User login credentials'},
 'description': 'Hackers stole 73.2 million user records from 10 businesses, '
                'including 1 million from the Star Tribune, and attempted to '
                'sell the records on the dark web.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['User login credentials']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'data_sold_on_dark_web': True},
 'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
 'response': {'communication_strategy': ['Sent e-mail to subscribers alerting '
                                         'them of the alleged hack']},
 'threat_actor': 'Hackers',
 'title': 'Data Breach at Star Tribune',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}