HackingTechnologyInformationCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Evening Telegram Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 21, 2021

Filed

Mar 23, 2021

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

77state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Evening Telegram Company →

Evening Telegram Company d/b/a Morgan Murphy Media notified the NH Attorney General of a security incident where unauthorized access occurred on Dec 29, 2020. The breach affected 77 NH residents, exposing names and Social Security numbers. Notifications were mailed on March 22, 2021, offering one year of credit monitoring via Kroll. The company engaged an IT security firm, updated firewalls/anti-virus, and implemented additional access controls.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 54 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Dec 29, 2020

Begins

Feb 21, 2021

Discovered

Mar 23, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_6de346d03d80c0122021-03-22 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_8b539c293c1c9adc2021-03-22 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_8bca9aef9f3a40f42021-03-22 · +1dCandidate

Name: BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
norm: baker hostetler

Name: Evening Telegram Company
norm: evening telegram
Also named: Evening Telegram Companydba oflegal entity
Morgan Murphy Mediadba oftrade name
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Feb 21, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 29, 2020
Undetected for: 54 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 22, 2021
Affected individuals: 77state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Secured the systems
Launched an investigation with the assistance of an outside IT security firm
Began mailing notification letters to the New Hampshire residents
Offering a complimentary one-year membership in Credit monitoring, Fraud Consultation, and Identity Theft Restoration services through Kroll
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center
Changes made: Hired an IT security firm to evaluate its systems
Updated security measures in its firewalls and anti-virus software
Testing a more robust threat monitoring system
Implementing additional access controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGMar 22 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 22 · first

Maine State AGMar 22 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/evening-telegram-20210323.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 23, 2021
Raw hash: 47b3196b2a6c585c118e8913dd306d32d24dd98b4477d10da6642f9aecb2638f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

Victim entityEvening Telegram Company

Incidentdiscovered Feb 21, 2021

Stated responseSecured the systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov