Breachesby GlyphMediaWorks
Disclosed Mar 22, 2024162,710 accountsUnverified
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 of birth, genders and the responses to questions in the competition. Some victims of the breach subsequently received ransom demands requesting payment to have their data deleted.
What is known
| People affected | 162,710 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Mar 22, 2024 |
| Happened | Mar 15, 2023 |
| Attack | Ransomware |
| Data exposed | Dates of birthEmailsPhone numbersAddresses |
| Sector | Tech |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
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First recordedby backfillSource
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.