CBS, Paramount proprietor Nationwide Amusements says it was hacked

Nationwide Amusements, the cinema chain and company mother or father large of media giants Paramount and CBS, has confirmed it skilled an information breach by which hackers stole the private info of tens of hundreds of individuals.

The personal media conglomerate stated in a legally required filing with Maine’s attorney general that hackers stole private info on 82,128 folks throughout a December 2022 information breach.

Particulars of the December 2022 breach solely got here to mild a 12 months later, after the corporate started notifying these affected final week.

In line with Maine’s discover, the corporate found the breach months later in August 2023, however didn’t say what particular private info was taken. The information breach discover filed with Maine stated that hackers additionally stole monetary info, comparable to banking account numbers or bank card numbers together with related safety codes, passwords or secrets and techniques.

The stolen information could relate to the corporate’s staff for the reason that information breach notification letter was submitted by the corporate’s human sources chief.

However the media large has stated little else in regards to the breach, or whether or not the private info of its clients or customers are additionally affected. It’s not clear what sort of cyberattack the corporate skilled, or whether or not the corporate acquired a ransom demand — or subsequently paid the hackers.

Rachel Lulay, a spokesperson for Nationwide Amusements, didn’t reply to a request for remark Tuesday. Spokespeople for CBS and Paramount additionally didn’t remark.

Nationwide Amusements owns greater than 1,500 cinemas throughout the US, however the firm is finest recognized for its controlling stake in Paramount and CBS following the Viacom-CBS merger in 2019.

Paramount disclosed a separate safety incident in August, in keeping with a filing with the Massachusetts attorney general, by which hackers took private info on an unspecified variety of clients. The hackers stole Paramount buyer names and dates of start, in addition to Social Safety numbers or different government-issued identification numbers, in keeping with the discover.

Disclosure: Zack Whittaker beforehand labored at CBS previous to August 2018.