AMC Movie Theaters reports Data Breach
Take action: It remains very unclear in what capacity would a movie theater company handle Social Security numbers and medical information of consumers. Either the reported individuals are not consumers, or AMC has a case of data gluttony and collected everything and anything. Which is the best way to have a very massive and painful data breach.
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AMC Theatres, also known as American Multi-Cinema, Inc., reported a data breach, stating that an unauthorized party gained access to sensitive information of consumers.
The breached data includes
- names,
- Social Security numbers,
- driver's license numbers,
- medical information.
Following their investigation, AMC started sending data breach notification letters to affected individuals to inform them about the incident. The breach was caused an exploit of the MOVEit vulnerability that's been a cause of attacks worldwide.
Although AMC has not publicly confirmed the link between the data breach and the MOVEit vulnerability, the company reviewed the compromised files to identify the leaked information and impacted consumers.
The breached data may vary for each individual but will include some combination of the items listed above. No details are available as to the number of affected individuals.
Data breach letters were sent to affected individuals on July 14, 2023, providing them with a list of compromised information specific to their case.
