Many people are likely on multiple lists since a lot of the same people attend E3 every year.
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E3 organization leaks data for over 2,000 journalists and analysts [Update: Additional security breaches discovered, see threadmarks]
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unlikely since the other 2 E3s that they are talking about are described as being "long ago".
Ok thanks, I skimmed over that bit and focused on the "previous years" line.
That's a relief in terms of things likely being out of date, though now I dread random addresses/phone numbers who have no idea this even happened getting bombarded by awful "gamers".
But seriously something has to be done if it goes this deep, jeez.
No problem. Whether someone is a client/legal advice was given is just one of those important areas I have to clarify if I see it wrongly stated. Otherwise, I would have left it alone. Thanks for adding the clarification.
Yeah this makes sense, I forget people still do this on youtube etc.
I'm still unsure though other than making an easy targeted list, what this means for people like me who dont use an alias for games coverage.
Having that list though is shitty with todays toxic and violent culture. So I can see how this is dangerous.
You could find the same info on white pages online for me and the other affected people I know, but having it on display this way removes a barrier that mitigates awful peoples actions.
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Honestly I maybe only tried for a few minutes but Id love someone who has the list to PM me so i can see what info of mine was leaked.
Phishing, spam, using the information to guess security questions (for example, badly designed reset password forms), using the confirmed valid emails as part of credential stuffing attacks etc. Even ignoring the Gamergate angle, this breach is real bad.
Well like I was saying, I dont know for certain but it seems as if my info that was leaked is the same thing that can be found on whitepages.com
I would need to see the actual list to confirm but I didnt find it as easily as people seem to think you can.
Dude, no. Please. At best, change your email address.
List (two lists now) is information of 8000+ journalists and media reps from around the world. Info such as Full name, mailing address, phone number, email address, company they work for, and more. You can't find a list like that on Whitepages.com, let alone you cannot verify the info on whitepages to be accurate or can be pinpointed to you.
However, this list, along with Whitepages, is damning and will lead to harassments of self and family if someone pleases.
I've seen the list. It's people from all around the world, not just North America.
I will see if you're in the list.
EDIT: PM-ed you.
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Sorry to hear that. Lawsuit. ASAP. Someone is already in the process of banding people together, get in touch with some of them.
Yeah you're right its more detail than I would like partialy because it can be assumed it's correct.
Other than my email though everything on the list is the same phone info and dress info I can find on whitepages.com and truepeoplesearch.com I just checked
Still sucks all the same
Its annoying that the ESA never responded with my request to at least tell me what of mine was shown.
thats going to be another huge part of the lawsuit............the fact that they haven't even informed anyone on that list, there could be quite a few out there that don't even know they are potentially a target
No problem, good that this were resolved with the mods too
Well, I'd be ok with them paying the consequences of having to cancel next year's E3. At the same time, one could argue that next year will be the safest time to go there because surely they will be taking many steps to ensure nothing like this happens to them again. One must assume at least.
Yeah I got an email but with these other lists I imagine this will be a big problem
Sounds plausible. The 2019 list that "got out" was designed to be freely distributed to the exhibitors and had a direct, unprotected link on E3 website. It is very likely they have done it in the previous years too.
They likely took it down because it gave vague hints at how people could find older versions of the list from previous years.
I think it is safe to say it was credible since the ESA themselves said they put the list from previous years up in the same manner.
Yeah, this is what I was worried about. Seeing stories of former fellow journalists being harassed is terrible. It actually makes me sick seeing this happen. At this rate they're gonna get into a class action lawsuit of epic proportions, combined with a considerable fine from the EU because they did not maintain adequate private security protocols in accordance with the GDPR.
We'll see how this goes, but it's fair to say this is going to have heavy repercussions throughout the industry.
Oof. I'm not a data protection lawyer, but I think the act of distributing journalists' personal info to exhibitors could potentially be a GDPR violation on its own, especially if it was something you had to explicitly opt-out of in order to get your details off the list.
Sounded to me like it was all business contact information, but some (most?) content creators don't have a business address since they work from home and used their home address instead.
While that is a fair point, from what I understand email addresses would be considered private personal information for GDPR purposes, and so I do think the ESA would still be in potential trouble (before we consider that all this information leaked and now the ESA definitely is in trouble).
As it should. This is insane and needs to be dealt with as harshly as possible.
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Having seen some people I follow state on Twitter that they have already been harassed with strange and creepy emails, I am interested in that list too. Because my friends need to know ASAP too. Also, is there a central place to sign up for a class action lawsuit yet? I want to provide them with that info as well if possible.
Did they take the article down or is the link broken? I'm just getting an error page.
Just a reminder for those in the EU that are affected, file a complaint with your supervisory authority (Information Commissioners Office if you're in the UK) as this breach could cause harm (physical or emotional). Hopefully they will face the full extent of the law for this, especially since it was kept available, unsecure and in an easy to read format.
What in the fuck were they thinking?
What in the fuck were they thinking?
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Absolute dumb, but if you are a journalist and use your personal data for this stuff then you have no business being a journalist.
Use
business email
Business mailing address
business address
business phone
Use
business email
Business mailing address
business address
business phone
Some don't know, or they don't have that kind of stuff if they are freelance or smaller content creators who operate out of their homes or don't have business contact details due to monetary reasons.