Entercom Radio Network Hit By Second Cyber Attack This Year

guest · Dec 24, 2019

Entercom Radio Network Hit By Second Cyber Attack This Year
December 24, 2019
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...network-hit-by-second-cyber-attack-this-year/

Giant radio network Entercom has been targeted in a new cyberattack that may have impacted the back-office functions. Some stations were apparently forced to run recorded programs.

This is the second time the network has to recover from a cyber event, the first one hitting in September being a ransomware attack that caused significant financial losses.
Systems went down, then back up
Details about the latest incident remain private at the moment but the company confirmed the attack and that it caused an outage.
The breach occurred on Sunday and it was not as troublesome as the ransomware attack as the network says that the issues were mostly fixed by Monday morning.

According to journalist Jerry Del Colliano (paywalled), who called this recent attack "more sphisticated," the KYW station in 1060 Philadelphia had to air program segments recorded from the overnight hours.
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guest · Mar 10, 2020

...third cyber attack:
Entercom Radio Giant Says Data Breach Exposed User Credentials
March 10, 2020
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...nt-says-data-breach-exposed-user-credentials/

US radio giant Entercom reported a data breach that took place in August 2019 after an unauthorized party was able to access database backup files stored third-party cloud hosting services and containing Radio.com user credentials.

"As one of the country’s two largest radio broadcasters, Entercom offers integrated marketing solutions and delivers the power of local connection on a national scale with coverage of close to 90% of persons 12+ in the top 50 markets," the company says.
Data breach exposes Radio.com users' credentials
Entercom says in a notice of data breach sent to affected customers and filed with California's Office of the Attorney General that the data breach was detected while investigating a cyberattack that took place in September 2019.

"As part of our investigation into that attack, we became aware of unauthorized activity relating to third-party cloud hosting services, which we use to store information relating to Radio.com users," Entercom explains.
The company discovered that an unauthorized actor was able to access the protected personal information of an undisclosed number of Radio.com users.
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This is the third time in the last year that Entercom was targeted in a security incident.
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Notice of data breach: (PDF): https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/Entercom%20-%20CA%20Notice%20of%20Data%20Event.pdf

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