HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

ALM MEDIA, LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 1, 2018

Filed

Jan 23, 2019

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for ALM MEDIA, LLC →2 incidents on file

ALM Media, LLC notified customers that unauthorized code was uploaded to e-commerce sites processing payments for The National Underwriter and Judy Diamond brands. The code collected payment card details, names, and addresses from July 7, 2018, to December 24, 2018. ALM engaged forensic experts, disabled checkout, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 147 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

Jul 7, 2018

Begins

Dec 1, 2018

Discovered

Jan 23, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_13b0c8692f8775752019-01-23Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ac9106da2838e0092019-01-23Verified

Name: ALM MEDIA, LLC
norm: alm media

Name: ALM MEDIA, LLC
norm: alm media
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Dec 1, 2018
Breach occurred: Jul 7, 2018 – Dec 24, 2018
Undetected for: 147 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 18, 2019
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged third-party cybersecurity experts to assist with this analysis
Disabled the checkout page on the affected sites
Removed the unauthorized code from the sites
Changes made: Offering one complimentary year of enrollment in TransUnion’s myTrueIdentity Credit Monitoring Service
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGJan 23 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 23 · first

Montana State AGJan 23 · first · this page

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/ALM-Media-LLC.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 23, 2019
Raw hash: 516e2aa9d2563cb4e49797ca3f90000d0fb68795547df72cc6058daa2bc86f24

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityALM MEDIA, LLC

Victim entityALM MEDIA, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 1, 2018

Stated responseEngaged third-party cybersecurity experts to assist with this analysis

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov