Personal details were leaked, but not credit card details.
The far right media outlet The Epoch Times has reportedly had a database of 32 million records allegedly stolen from its systems leaked.
According to Safety Detectives, included in the purportedly stolen database were full names, usernames, phone numbers, emails, billing addresses, devices, and locations belonging to the news firm's subscribers.
SafetyDetectives said they were not able to discover any credit card information within the sample of three .txt files containing more than 1,000 lines of information.
"Even without the credit card numbers, the exposed data is still considered sensitive, as malicious actors could use it to plan and execute various types of attacks on the affected people," added the experts.
Attackers have not detailed demands in exchange for the breached database but have included an email address that could be contacted for negotiation purposes.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
