HackingVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedCREDENTIALSIDENTITY_BASICLowContained
Tribune Media Company
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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.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident
Source provenance
- 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 entity
- Name
- Tribune Media Companynorm: tribune media
Victim entity
- Name
- Tribune Media Companynorm: tribune media
Incident
- Discovered
- —
- 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
Compliance
- Compliance flags
- — (clock not assessable for this source)
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.