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Urban One, Inc.

MediaUnited States of America

Urban One, Inc. is a media organisation in Massachusetts. It appears on the Massachusetts Attorney General breach-notification register and the California Attorney General breach-notification register with 3 confirmed incidents (4 filings); the most recent notice was filed on April 18, 2025.

Headquarters
Silver Spring, United States
Employees
1,011 (as of 2015)
ISIN
US91705J2042
LEI
549300PLGIGPBRQUP240
Wikidata
Q7280957

Data as of September 19, 2026.

Confirmed incident

US-MA

Disclosed
April 18, 2025

Timeline

  1. April 18, 2025
    Reported to regulator Regulator

    MA AG breach notification: 32 Massachusetts residents affected

    source
  2. May 5, 2025
    Litigation filed Court

    RECAP docket 8:25-cv-01460 (mdd): Konneh v. Urban One, Inc.

    source

Litigation

What a Massachusetts notice means

Governed by M.G.L. c. 93H. Notice to the Attorney General is required for a breach affecting any number of Massachusetts residents' personal information -- the statute sets no minimum count.

Note: the count is Massachusetts residents only, not a total.

Massachusetts breach-notification register ↗

Confirmed incident

Filed in MA and CA

The same incident was filed separately with 2 jurisdictions within a few days of each other (MA and CA) — shown here as one incident.

Occurred
February 28, 2019
Disclosed
April 6, 2019

Timeline

  1. April 5, 2019
    Reported to regulator Regulator

    CA AG breach notification: an unknown number of California residents affected

    source
  2. April 6, 2019
    Reported to regulator Regulator

    MA AG breach notification: 142 Massachusetts residents affected

    source
What a California notice means

Governed by Cal. Civ. Code §1798.82. A copy of the notification must be sent to the Attorney General when a single breach requires notifying more than 500 California residents.

Note: no affected-count is published on this register.

California breach-notification register ↗

Unverified claim

US — Ransomware Attack

This is an unverified claim — it has allegedly happened to this organisation, as posted by a source below, but has not been confirmed by a regulator, a court filing or the organisation’s own disclosure.

Timeline

  1. February 25, 2025
    Claimed by threat actor (unverified) Claim

    Ransomware leak-site claim (ransomware_live)

    source