National Amusements group reports cyberattack exposing 82k individuals

National Amusements, the parent company of Paramount Global and CBS, reported a data breach affecting 82,128 individuals. The breach reports that personal and financial information, including banking and credit card details along with associated security codes and passwords, was stolen.

The breach was discovered in August 2023, but specific details regarding the nature of the stolen personal information were not disclosed.

The breach may have involved employee data, as indicated by the involvement of the company's human resources chief in the data breach notification. It remains unclear if the personal information of customers or users of Paramount and CBS was also compromised. The type of cyberattack and whether a ransom was demanded or paid have not been specified.

National Amusements has stated that it engaged a leading forensic cybersecurity firm to investigate and contain the breach. While there is no indication of identity theft or fraud as a result of the event, the company notified potentially affected individuals.

In a separate incident, Paramount reported another security breach in late August. This breach involved personal information of customers, including names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, and other government-issued identification numbers.