Vimeo data breach exposes personal information of 119,000 people – Bleeping Computer

The ShinyHunters extortion gang stole personal information belonging to over 119,000 people after hacking the Vimeo online video platform in April, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. Vimeo is a video hosting and streaming platform publicly traded on the Nasdaq stock market, with over 300 million registered users and over 1,100 employees, and reported revenues of $417 million for FY2024. The company disclosed on April 27 that customer and user data had been accessed without authorization following a recent breach at Anodot, a data anomaly detection company. “Our initial findings suggest that the databases accessed primarily contain technical data, video titles and metadata, and, in some cases, customer email addresses,” Vimeo said. However, the company said the attack didn’t cause any disruptions and that the threat actors didn’t gain access to affected individuals’ credentials or financial information. Vimeo also disabled all Anodot credentials after detecting the breach and removed the Anodot integration with its systems to cut off the attackers’ access. “The data accessed does not include Vimeo video content, valid user login credentials, or payment card information. Vimeo user and customer login credentials are secure. This incident did not cause any disruption to our systems
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