Vice Media, LLC

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Vice Media, LLC on January 26, 2023. The breach was discovered on April 4, 2022, and affected a total of 1,724 individuals, with 6 residents from Maine specifically impacted. Social Security Numbers were among the compromised information.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/2dcf3f4e-2e39-4091-acfe-184d7ab6ddec.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/vice-media

"id": "vic511072625",
"linkid": "vice-media",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1724,
                        'industry': 'Media',
                        'name': 'Vice Media, LLC',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1724,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2022-04-04',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-01-26',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Vice Media, LLC on January 26, 2023. The '
                'breach was discovered on April 4, 2022, and affected a total '
                'of 1,724 individuals, with 6 residents from Maine '
                'specifically impacted. Social Security Numbers were among the '
                'compromised information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-01-26',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Vice Media Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}