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HackingTelecom & MediaInformationCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMedium

Cox Media Group

bd_11680f6aa835f48d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 3, 2021

Filed

Oct 14, 2021

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected · nationwide

20,8287 in this filing

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Cox Media Group →

Terrier Media Buyer, Inc. dba Cox Media Group ("CMG") reported an external system breach that occurred and was discovered on June 3, 2021. The breach affected 7 Maine residents, compromising financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers along with their access codes. In response, CMG offered affected individuals 24 months of free three-bureau identity theft and credit monitoring services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Jun 3, 2021 → Filed with AG Oct 14, 2021133d ⏱ ME AG >30d19 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.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 133 days

Jun 3, 2021

Begins

Jun 3, 2021

Discovered

Oct 14, 2021

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed20,828 affectedView incident

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.