Tribeca Film Festival Data Leak Exposes A-List Celebrities and Directors

Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered four unsecured, publicly accessible databases linked to the Tribeca Film Festival, containing records of A-list directors, actors, and celebrities. The databases were neither password-protected nor encrypted, exposing a total of 203,370 records in one of the identified datasets labeled 'development.' The leak included sensitive information associated with festival participants, though specific data types were not detailed. No exact date of exposure was provided, but the discovery was reported in July 2026. The incident highlights a misconfiguration leading to unauthorized access without requiring hacking. The source of the databases was not attributed to a specific vendor or third party.