Posted On February 28, 2023 Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches
February 28, 2023 – News Corp provided notice of a data breach on February 22, 2023 after employees’ information was exposed to unauthorized parties in a two-year-long data breach. According to the notice, the information that was accessed included first and last names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers, financial account information, health insurance information, and medical information. Once News Corp confirmed the data breach, the company sent notification letters to all affected individuals.
The data breach lawyers at Console & Associates, P.C. are actively investigating the cyberattack. If you have received a breach notification letter from News Corp, you may be entitled to financial compensation from the company. We are offering free consultations to help victims of the attack learn about the risks of identity theft and what they can do to protect themselves.
News Corp is a media organization that owns the Fox Corporation, which includes the Fox News Channel. The company also publishes different written mediums, such as books, newspapers, and magazines, including the New York Post, The Wallstreet Journal, and Investor’s Daily Business. Originally founded in 1979 in New York, New York, News Corp now employs over 25,500 people and generates approximately $5.7 billion in revenue annually, making it one of the biggest media companies in the US.
According to the letter sent to affected individuals, News Corp discovered that its computer system had been accessed by an unauthorized party on February 2020 through January 2022. In the two years that the hackers had access to News Corp’s computer network, they accessed information on employees’ email accounts. News Corp determined that employees’ confidential information had been leaked, including first and last names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers, financial account information, health insurance information, and medical information.
On February 22, 2023, News Corp sent notification letters of the breach to all affected individuals.
The consumer privacy lawyers at Console & Associates, P.C. help customers affected by data and security breaches pursue legal solutions by offering free consultations. By explaining your rights in clear, concise terms, we help you make an informed decision about your next steps. If you are a victim of the News Corp data breach, Console & Associates, P.C. will investigate at no charge to you and offer advice on how to proceed. If you decide to pursue a case, rest assured that we don’t get paid unless you do. If your claim is successful, legal fees are either paid out of the funds recovered or by the defendant. If your claim is not successful, you pay nothing.
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Below is a portion of the letter sent to affected individuals:
Dear [Redacted],
We are writing to notify you of an issue that involves certain personal information of yours.
What Happened?
On January 20, 2022, News Corp discovered cyberattack activity on a business email and document storage system used by several News Corp businesses. As soon as we became aware of the activity, we notified U.S. law enforcement and launched an investigation with the assistance of a leading cybersecurity firm. Based on the investigation, News Corp understands that, between February 2020 and January 2022, an unauthorized party gained access to certain business documents and emails from a limited number of its personnel’s accounts in the affected system, some of which contained personal information. Our investigation indicates that this activity does not appear to be focused on exploiting personal information. We are not aware of reports of identity theft or fraud in connection with this issue. We nonetheless are providing you notice of this issue because the investigation has determined that some of your personal information was contained in the relevant materials.
What Information Was Involved?
The affected personal information may have included one or more of the following: your name, date of birth, Social Security number, driver’s license number, passport number, financial account information, medical information, and health insurance information. Not all of this information was impacted for each affected individual.
What We Are Doing
As indicated above, as soon as we became aware of the activity, we notified U.S. law enforcement and launched an investigation with the assistance of a leading cybersecurity firm. We also promptly took steps to contain the activity. Based on the investigation to date, we have no evidence of ongoing unauthorized access to our systems.
What You Can Do
We take our obligation to safeguard personal information very seriously and are alerting you about this issue so you can take steps to help protect yourself. You are entitled under U.S. law to one free credit report annually from each of the three nationwide consumer reporting agencies. To order your free credit report, visit [Redacted] or call toll-free at 1-877-322-8228. We encourage you to remain vigilant by reviewing your account statements and monitoring your free credit reports.
