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Breach occurred 2023-03-15Verifiedmediaworks.co.nz
What happened
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.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The MediaWorks data breach occurred on March 15, 2023. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on March 22, 2024.
162,710 accounts were affected by the MediaWorks data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The MediaWorks breach exposed the following data types: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Phone numbers, Physical addresses.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the MediaWorks breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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