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MediaWorks data breach (2023)

In March 2024, millions of rows of data from the New Zealand media company MediaWorks was publicly posted to a popular hacking forum. The incident exposed 163k unique email addresses provided by visitors who filled out online competitions and included names, physical addresses, phone numbers, dates…

Victim
MediaWorks
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162.7K
SectorFinance
CountryNew Zealand

Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2023-03-15, MediaWorks was affected by a data breach. Approximately 162,710 accounts were exposed. In March 2024, millions of rows of data from the New Zealand media company MediaWorks was publicly posted to a popular hacking forum. The incident exposed 163k unique email addresses provided by visitors who filled out online competitions and included names, physical addresses, phone numbers, dates…

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#MediaWorks
  2. mediaworks.co.nzhttps://mediaworks.co.nz

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