Data breach at Vice Media involved SSNs, financial info

A data breach involving Vice Media leaked the sensitive information and financial data of more than 1,700 people, according to filings with Maine’s Attorney General.

In two separate filings on January 26 and 31, Vice Media said it was alerted in March 2022 that there was a cyberattack on its network. 

The media company hired a cybersecurity firm to investigate the incident and found that hackers managed to break into an internal Vice e-mail account. The company said that …

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