HackingTelecom & MediaInformationVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedCredentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

Tribune Media Company

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

May 4, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Tribune Media Company →

Tribune Media notified the California AG of a security breach on April 4, 2016, affecting the ProSportsDaily Forum website. A hacker exploited a software vulnerability to access user accounts, potentially compromising email addresses and passwords. The site was taken offline, the vulnerability was fixed, and users were required to reset passwords.

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Incident timeline

Apr 4, 2016

Begins

May 4, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Tribune Media Company
norm: tribune media

Name: Tribune Media Company
norm: tribune media
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Apr 4, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 8, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: CredentialsIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took the ProSportsDaily Forum website offline to assess the impact
Isolated the issue and fixed the software vulnerability
Actively auditing the entire site to put in new safeguards to prevent this from happening again
Required all users to change their passwords immediately
Changes made: Fixed the software vulnerability
Auditing the entire site to put in new safeguards to prevent this from happening again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-61644
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 4, 2016
Raw hash: 3fea8587c45e2e20fde2f134979c24917823df6dab1629dbdeab891e4045aa58

Reporting entityTribune Media Company

Victim entityTribune Media Company

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseTook the ProSportsDaily Forum website offline to assess the impact

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov