HBO Max
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Full breach record for HBO Max →2 incidents on fileThreat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Shinyhunters on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.
Source: Ransomware.live
Post text · scraped from the leak site
HBO Max is a premium streaming service offered by Home Box Office, Inc., a subsidiary of WarnerMedia Entertainment. Launched in 2020, it delivers a vast library of personalized content like original series, theatrical films, and specials directly to viewers. It combines HBO's content with shows, movies, and originals from Warner Bros., DC, CNN, TNT, TBS, and more.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
May 2, 2025
Claim posted
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No filing yet · watching
Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.
Claim → filing
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Compliance clock
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Evidence ladder
Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.
Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.
No regulatory filing corroborates this yet — it is the attacker's own assertion. Watch this entity to be notified the moment a filing corroborates or contradicts it.
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- discovery date
- materiality
- notification
- affected count
- confirmed data types
- compliance clock
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shinyhunters
According to ransomware.live, ShinyHunters is a financially motivated data-theft and extortion group active since 2020, responsible for high-profile breaches including Ticketmaster (via Snowflake) and PowerSchool; by 2025 they launched a RaaS offering called "shinysp1d3r," and in August 2025 French authorities arrested four members.