HackingTelecom & MediaInformationCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIILowContained
WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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Full breach record for WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC. →Window to the World Communications Inc. (WTTW/WFMT), a Chicago-based non-profit media organization, experienced an external system breach on or about July 2, 2025. An unauthorized third party accessed certain IT systems and exfiltrated data. The incident was contained. 3,568 individuals were affected total, including 7 Maine residents. Affected individuals were offered 24 months of Kroll identity monitoring services.
Maine clockDiscovered Jul 2, 2025 → Filed with AG Nov 19, 2025140d ✗ ME AG >90d20 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap
- bd_0495cc29975b77b2Indiana State AGfiled 2025-11-19Verified
- bd_3caf2a6ec14b6dafVermont State AGfiled 2025-11-17(2d gap)Verified
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/ac864dae-cef1-41de-90fe-96719b0f260b.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Nov 19, 2025
- Raw hash
- 2fce6663feb862a8bf83fd09a6473992e0ef41cbf5fa323451fe62b5428067d0
Reporting entity
- Name
- WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.norm: window to the world communications
- Domain
- wttw-wfmt.com
- Industry
- Non-Profit
Victim entity
- Name
- WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.norm: window to the world communications
- Domain
- wttw-wfmt.com
- Industry
- Non-Profit
- Industry
- Telecom & Mediallm
Incident
- Discovered
- Jul 2, 2025
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Nov 19, 2025
- Affected individuals
- 7
- Data types
- PII
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
- Threat actor
- External
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 20 weeks(140 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- ME AG >90d · 140dME resident >60d · 140d
- Discovery-date grounding
- occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
- Clock breakdown
Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status Maine Discovered: Jul 2, 2025→ Filed with AG: Nov 19, 2025140d 90 days ME AG >90d Maine Discovered: Jul 2, 2025→ Notified: Nov 19, 2025140d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.