Data leak at Tribeca Festival exposes thousands of celebrity contact details

A significant cybersecurity incident has affected the Tribeca Festival, resulting in the public exposure of 666,369 digital files. The leak, discovered by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler, involved data spanning from 2019 to 2026 that was stored in a cloud database without adequate security measures.

The exposed records included personal contact information for several high-profile Hollywood figures. Among the individuals identified are Robert De Niro, Angelina Jolie, Martin Scorsese, Jennifer Lawrence, and Morgan Freeman. Other notable names listed in the compromised database include Michael Douglas, Rami Malek, Sharon Stone, Neil Patrick Harris, George Lucas, and Danny Boyle.

This incident has raised widespread concern within the entertainment industry regarding the handling and protection of private data associated with major events. While the scale of the breach is significant due to the nature of the information and the public status of the individuals involved, there are currently no reports of specific legal actions or further security updates regarding the investigation's next steps.