2026 Tribeca Film Festival — misconfigured databases exposed celebrity contacts (Jul)
Data compromised
Per Fowler/The Sun reporting (Jul 26, 2026): names, phone numbers, and email addresses for Hollywood figures and representatives—including Robert De Niro, Angelina Jolie, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, and others; most contacts were managers/agents rather than direct celebrity lines; no attested record count
Technical writeup
Verified exposure with festival remediation — reported July 26, 2026. Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler told The Sun (via Leadership.ng syndication) that three publicly accessible databases tied to the Tribeca Film Festival exposed entertainment-industry contact data including names, phone numbers, and emails linked to prominent figures such as Robert De Niro, Angelina Jolie, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Neil Patrick Harris, Rami Malek, Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas, and Danny Boyle. Fowler alerted the festival, which removed the databases; a legal executive reportedly confirmed an internal investigation. Sources said most exposed contacts belonged to managers and agents. Tribeca had not issued a broad public statement at initial reporting, and no evidence of prior malicious exploitation was cited. BreachHistory indexes recordsAffected 0 pending an attested headcount.
Root cause
Three publicly accessible databases linked to Tribeca Film Festival contained entertainment-industry contact details; discovered by researcher Jeremiah Fowler and reported to The Sun (Jul 2026)