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WWE

WWE fans received a warning that their personal information, including addresses, income, educational background, and ethnicity, may have been exposed due to an IT issue.

According to Forbes, he discovered a massive, unprotected WWE database that contained data on more than 3 million members and was accessible to anyone with the web address in july 2017.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/massive-wwe-leak-exposes-3-million-wrestling-fans-addresses-ethnicities-and-more/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/world-wrestling-entertainment

"id": "wwe93311122",
"linkid": "world-wrestling-entertainment",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "07/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '3 million',
                        'industry': 'Entertainment',
                        'name': 'World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)',
                        'type': 'Entertainment Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unprotected Database',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '3 million',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['addresses',
                                              'income',
                                              'educational background',
                                              'ethnicity']},
 'date_detected': 'July 2017',
 'description': 'WWE fans were warned that their personal information, '
                'including addresses, income, educational background, and '
                'ethnicity, may have been exposed due to an IT issue.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['addresses',
                                 'income',
                                 'educational background',
                                 'ethnicity'],
            'systems_affected': ['WWE Database']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': 'July 2017', 'source': 'Forbes'}],
 'title': 'WWE Data Exposure',
 'type': 'Data Exposure',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unprotected Database'}
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