Security breach in Indiana Pacers Database

Pacers Sports & Entertainment (PSE), the legal entity behind the Indiana Pacers and the Indiana Fever NBA and WNBA basketball teams, respectively, announced a security breach on Friday during which hackers gained access to sensitive user information.

Indiana Pacers, one of US's NBA teams, had recently faced a security breach last Friday in which hackers got access to sensitive user information. The news broke out after Pacers Sports & Entertainment, the legal entity behind the Indiana Pacers reported about the said attack in a press release.

The breach was speculated to have been on a phishing campaign during which hackers managed to gain access to several PSE employee accounts.In the press release, it was stated that hackers had access to the information from October 15, 2018, to December 4, 2018.

"After a thorough review of these email accounts, PSE determined that a limited number of personal records were present in the affected emails," the company stated in its press release.

PSE said the exposed information ranges widely and might include name, address, date of birth, passport number, medical and/or health insurance information, driver's license/state identification number, account number, credit/debit card number, digital signature, username and password, and in some cases even Social Security numbers.