AccidentalTechnologyTelecom & MediaInformationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

BuzzFeed Media Enterprises, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 19, 2026

Filed

Sep 1, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for BuzzFeed Media Enterprises, Inc. →

BuzzFeed Media Enterprises, Inc. notified individuals that a misconfiguration in two BuzzFeed-controlled Google Groups allowed unauthorized viewing of sensitive data, including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, driver's license or passport numbers, telephone numbers, email addresses, and physical addresses. The issue was discovered on August 19, 2026, and security controls were implemented by August 20, 2026. BuzzFeed is offering two years of complimentary credit monitoring through Experian.

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Incident timeline

Aug 19, 2026

Discovered

Sep 1, 2026

Filed

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

Name: BuzzFeed Media Enterprises, Inc.
norm: buzzfeed media

Name: BuzzFeed Media Enterprises, Inc.
norm: buzzfeed media
Industry: TechnologyllmTelecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Aug 19, 2026
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 14, 2026
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Misconfiguration

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with internal information technology (IT)
Investigated the configured control settings to shield the emails and attachments from unauthorized access
Implemented proper security over the Google Groups
Changes made: Offering complimentary credit monitoring services through Experian for two (2) years
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://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-1550-buzzfeed-media-enterprises-inc/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 1, 2026
Raw hash: 5571183f7da817bfb94598449038153fa2c7c8eed28a75003864398accdea817

Reporting entityBuzzFeed Media Enterprises, Inc.

Victim entityBuzzFeed Media Enterprises, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 19, 2026

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov