HackingTelecom & MediaInformationEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDCredentialsHighContained

URBAN ONE, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 28, 2019

Filed

Apr 5, 2019

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1,217

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for URBAN ONE, INC. →2 incidents on file

Urban One, Inc. discovered unauthorized access to its network on February 28, 2019. The incident potentially affected up to 1,217 individuals, primarily employees and their family members, whose names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and credentials were accessed from the HR database. Urban One engaged forensic experts, contacted law enforcement, and offered identity theft protection services.

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California clockDiscovered Feb 28, 2019 → Notified Mar 28, 201928d ✓ CA 60-day OK5 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Feb 28, 2019

Begins

Feb 28, 2019

Discovered

Apr 5, 2019

Filed

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_066ebfdf334d58fa2019-04-06 · +1dVerified

Name: URBAN ONE, INC.
norm: urban one
Domain: urbanone.com

Name: URBAN ONE, INC.
norm: urban one
Domain: urbanone.com
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Feb 28, 2019
Breach occurred: Feb 28, 2019
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 28, 2019
Affected individuals: 1,217nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDCredentials
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified California Attorney General

During the incident: Removed the unauthorized third party
Initiated an independent investigation with third party forensics experts
Contacted law enforcement
Changes made: Strengthening its network security posture
Offering MyIDCare identity theft protection services through ID Experts at no cost
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 28d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Feb 28, 2019
→ Notified: Mar 28, 2019
28d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Feb 28, 2019 → Notified: Mar 28, 2019	28d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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California State AGApr 5 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-146060
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 5, 2019
Raw hash: 175cb05833c00693757ca6ebffe1dccb410e6aec3b10fb8c25f7ebe14d09e8ae

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityURBAN ONE, INC.

Victim entityURBAN ONE, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 28, 2019

Stated responseRemoved the unauthorized third party

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov