Warner Music Group (WMG), the world's third largest music company, disclosed a data breach affecting the personal and financial information of its customers, in many of the stores e-commerce based in the US in April 2020 with an attack on Magecart.
With a history of over 200 years, WMG has more than 3.500 employees and operates in more than 70 countries through a network of affiliates and other partners.
WMG also owns Warner Chappell Music and some of the most successful record companies in the world, including Elektra, Warner Records, Atlantic, Warner Classics, Parlophone and Warner Music Nashville.
Online stores in the US have been in jeopardy since April
The company said the incident involved multiple e-commerce sites operated through an external service provider and that the security breach likely allowed the hackers to steal their personal information.
Although the research of WMG found no signs leakageof information, does not exclude the possibility of something happening in the future and warns its members about the dangers.
Credit card details may have been stolen
WMG also said the stolen information may include customer names, email addresses, phone numbers, billing addresses, shipping addresses and payment card details (card number, CVC / CVV and expiration date).
WMG did not provide information on how the attackers were able to break into its systems.
