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Celebrity Data Leaked from Tribeca Film Festival
A big data leak happened where private information like phone numbers and email addresses of famous actors and directors were put online.
This happened because some databases connected to the Tribeca Film Festival were not secure.
A cybersecurity expert found out about this leak and told the festival.
The festival is now looking into it and has taken down the databases.
The leak included information about many well-known people like Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro.
It's not clear if anyone used this information for bad things, but it shows how important it is to keep personal information safe.
Private contact details of celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro were leaked online.
The breach involved databases linked to the Tribeca Film Festival, containing 666,000 records.
Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered the leak and alerted the festival.
The exposed data included phone numbers, email addresses, and device information.
The Tribeca Film Festival is investigating the issue and has removed the databases from public access.
- Who
- Celebrities and their managers/agents
- What
- Data breach exposing contact information
- Where
- Tribeca Film Festival, New York
- When
- Databases from 2019 to 2026, discovered last month
- Why
- Unknown, but likely due to vulnerabilities in festival-related contact databases
Festival Security Measures
Cybersecurity Expert Concerns
Data Security
Festival Security Measures
The Tribeca Film Festival takes data security seriously and is investigating the issue.
Cybersecurity Expert Concerns
The breach is one of the largest celebrity-related data exposures on record, indicating potential vulnerabilities.
Key facts
- Celebrities Affected
- Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Danny Boyle, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Lawrence, Winona Ryder, Neil Patrick Harris, Rami Malek, Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas
- Data Exposed
- Phone numbers, email addresses, device information
- Number of Records
- 666,000
- Date Range
- 2019 to 2026
- Discoverer
- Jeremiah Fowler
- Festival Response
- Actively investigating and removed databases from public access
Quotes
Jeremiah Fowler
Cybersecurity researcher who identified the breach
“There were many, many household names in the records who could have been targeted with malware. There were names, phone numbers and email addresses. What was really interesting was that there was a folder that captured their device information based off the email. It would say what version of an iPhone they were using, if they were using Safari, what version of the software they were using. That could give the bad guys a lot of additional information.”
financialexpress.com
Sources
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