MalwareTelecom & MediaInformationRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

AGI Publishing, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 11, 2021

Filed

Nov 8, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for AGI Publishing, Inc. →

AGI Publishing, Inc. (d/b/a Valley Yellow Pages) disclosed a ransomware attack discovered on September 11, 2021. The incident potentially exposed first and last names, addresses, social security numbers, and dates of birth. The company engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI, and restored systems from backups. Affected individuals were offered 12 months of identity monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Sep 11, 2021 → Notified Nov 8, 202158d ✓ CA 60-day OK8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Sep 11, 2021

Begins

Sep 11, 2021

Discovered

Nov 8, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 6 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_05165b6a6a2c845b2021-10-29 · +10dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_248277f5e25167cb2021-10-29 · +10dVerified
Maine State AGbd_413e42839aac08a72021-10-29 · +10dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_67f6962a80d41ef52021-10-29 · +10dVerified

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Montana State AGbd_b094368146aae0e02021-10-29 · +10dVerified

Name: AGI Publishing, Inc.
norm: agi publishing

Name: AGI Publishing, Inc.
norm: agi publishing
Also named: AGI Publishing, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Valley Yellow Pagesdba oftrade name
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Sep 11, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 11, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 8, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed a report with the FBI

During the incident: Took steps to secure and safely restore our systems and operations via viable backups
Engaged outside counsel and third-party forensic experts to conduct a thorough investigation
Contacted and filed a report with the FBI
Changes made: Implementing additional cybersecurity safeguards
Enhancing our employee cybersecurity training
Working to improve our cybersecurity policies, procedures, and protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 58d
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: Sep 11, 2021
→ Notified: Nov 8, 2021
58d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Sep 11, 2021 → Notified: Nov 8, 2021	58d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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California State AGOct 29 · first

Indiana State AGOct 29 · first

Maine State AGOct 29 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 29 · first

Montana State AGOct 29 · first

California State AG+10d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 29 (CA), last Nov 8 (CA) — a 10-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-547329
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 8, 2021
Raw hash: bd535d18540dae71688858b7f4cabe118658dfad304b7502b374b40ba21af4ad

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAGI Publishing, Inc.

Victim entityAGI Publishing, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 11, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to secure and safely restore our systems and operations via viable backups

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov