Chimera Claims ARTE.TV Data Leak Involving 673,760 Records
Summary
An actor using the handle Chimera claims to have leaked a dataset associated with ARTE[.]TV containing 673,760 records. The listing’s contents, figures, source and availability remain unverified.
Key points
- The listing claims a 175 MB JSONL dataset with 673,760 lines, including 604,083 email addresses and 170,958 usernames.
- Other claimed fields include names, phone numbers, organization and school identifiers, user roles, and account-status metadata.
- The report attributes the claim to an actor using the handle Chimera and says screenshots show the listing and sample records.
- The dataset’s authenticity, source, completeness, stated counts, and current availability have not been independently verified.
- If authentic, the data could enable targeted phishing, impersonation, credential harvesting, or profiling; the article says the material does not establish how the data was obtained.
Article Details
- Victim Organization
- ARTE.TV
- Victim Domain
- arte[.]tv
- Incident Type
- Unverified database leak claim
- Data Types Exposed
- Email addresses
- Usernames
- Names
- Phone numbers
- Organization associations and identifiers
- School identifiers
- User roles
- UUIDs
- Newsletter status
- Account-enablement and blacklist status metadata
- Affected Records
- The actor's listing claims 673,760 lines; the count has not been independently verified.
- Affected Data Size
- Claimed 175 MB; not independently verified.
- Operational Impact
- No operational disruption or compromise of ARTE.TV systems is confirmed. If authentic, the dataset could expose contact and account-related information and support targeted phishing, impersonation, credential-harvesting attempts, or profiling.
- Ransom Or Extortion
- None reported.
- Claim Status
- claimed
MITRE ATT&CK
Threat Actors
Countries
FranceAn actor using the handle "Chimera" claims to have leaked a database associated with ARTE.TV, the French-German television channel focused on culture, documentaries, films and current affairs.GermanyAn actor using the handle "Chimera" claims to have leaked a database associated with ARTE.TV, the French-German television channel focused on culture, documentaries, films and current affairs.