Hasbro Discloses Employee Data Breach Affecting 436 in Massachusetts
Summary
Hasbro disclosed that attackers accessed employee personal and financial information. Massachusetts records list 436 affected employees; Hasbro says it disabled the compromised account and added safeguards.
Key points
- Hasbro disclosed that attackers accessed employees’ personal and financial information; the total number affected was not disclosed.
- Massachusetts records report 436 affected Hasbro employees and list Social Security numbers, financial account information, payment card numbers, and driver’s license information among the exposed data.
- Hasbro said it disabled the compromised employee account, terminated unauthorized access, and deployed additional safeguards.
- The company did not say when it detected the incident. Hasbro did not link it to a separate March cyberattack.
- Hasbro previously said the March attack forced some systems offline; later financial reports attributed approximately $25 million in lost revenue to that incident.
Article Details
- Victim Organization
- Hasbro
- Incident Type
- Unauthorized access to employee personal and financial information through a compromised employee account
- Data Types Exposed
- Social Security numbers
- Financial account information
- Credit and debit card numbers
- Driver's license information
- Names, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, national ID numbers, or other financial information may also have been involved, varying by individual
- Affected Records
- The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office reported 436 affected Hasbro employees; the total number of affected individuals was not disclosed.
- Operational Impact
- Hasbro said it disabled the compromised employee account, terminated unauthorized access, and deployed additional safeguards. No operational disruption from this breach was reported.
- Ransom Or Extortion
- Unknown; Hasbro did not disclose whether attackers made a ransom demand.
- Claim Status
- confirmed