Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

The Associated Press

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 20, 2023

Filed

Sep 8, 2023

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Associated Press →

Associated Press notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a security incident affecting two NH residents. Phishing emails directed customers to a fake AP Stylebook site, leading to unauthorized access to a legacy database between July 16-22, 2023. AP engaged forensic investigators, took the legacy site offline, reset passwords, and offered credit monitoring. Affected data included names, addresses, and potentially financial/identity info.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 50 days

Jul 16, 2023

Begins

Jul 20, 2023

Discovered

Sep 8, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_150a6a3df91ed3e62023-09-08Verified
Maine State AGbd_e36b897b0243f2402023-09-08Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_38bbd0e68e0f1f232023-09-01 · +7dVerified

Name: The Associated Press
norm: the associated press

Name: The Associated Press
norm: the associated press
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jul 20, 2023
Breach occurred: Jul 16, 2023 – Jul 22, 2023
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 1, 2023
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged a cyber forensics firm to investigate the incident
Engaged with its service provider Stylebooks.com
Legacy AP Stylebook website was taken offline on July 23, 2023
Fake Stylebooks website was taken down on July 27, 2023
Sent an email to all AP Stylebook customers on July 27, 2023
Forcing all AP Stylebook customers to change their passwords prior to accessing the active AP Stylebook website
Reviewing its security protocols and enhancing its internal training programs
Offering 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Changes made: Reviewing its security protocols
Enhancing its internal training programs
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(50 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 AGSep 1 · first

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Maine State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 1 (IN), last Sep 8 (NH) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/associated-press-20230908.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 8, 2023
Raw hash: d901c3c635a0afe7fd2ce335b72892a1b2a15a20d689444f4e77ae48affae185

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Associated Press

Victim entityThe Associated Press

Incidentdiscovered Jul 20, 2023

Stated responseEngaged a cyber forensics firm to investigate the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov