Hack at Dentsu's US subsidiary Merkle exposes staff and client data
Merkle, the US subsidiary of Dentsu, was hit by a cyber-attack and had data stolen. Employee and client data were exposed, and Dentsu announced the data breach. The date of the incident, the specific scale of the damage and the response measures have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Merkle
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Employee and client data
- Cause / method
- Data stolen in an external hack
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- Dentsu announced a data breach at its subsidiary Merkle.
- It emerged that Merkle data had been stolen by hackers.
- It emerged that the exposed data included employee and client data.
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The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organisation’s official statements for accurate details.