HackingTelecom & MediaInformationData ExfiltratedTargetedAuthenticationFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumResolved

Terrier Media Buyer, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 3, 2021

Filed

Oct 28, 2021

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

693state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Terrier Media Buyer, Inc. →

Terrier Media Buyer, Inc. dba Cox Media Group reported a cyberattack on June 3, 2021, involving unauthorized remote access to its network. The incident affected 693 Washington residents, exposing HR-related personal information including names. The company engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI, and offered two years of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d21 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 · 21 weeks / 147 days

Jun 3, 2021

Begins

Jun 3, 2021

Discovered

Oct 28, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 9 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_03ea52157fe9b0612021-11-02 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_9cae2e363ad0316d2021-11-02 · +5dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ecba583908a8f00c2021-11-05 · +8dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_f42409412491ca282021-10-18 · +10dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 20d gap

Indiana State AGbd_0163e634ffa6f5e22021-10-08 · +20dVerified
California State AGbd_7a462900aa4679d72021-10-08 · +20dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_d8f4aa8696c223642021-10-08 · +20dVerified
Montana State AGbd_dc3b2599ce6b8bf72021-10-08 · +20dVerified

Name: Terrier Media Buyer, Inc.
norm: terrier media buyer

Name: Terrier Media Buyer, Inc.
norm: terrier media buyer
Also named: Terrier Media Buyer, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Cox Media Groupdba oftrade name
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Jun 3, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 3, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 2, 2021
Affected individuals: 693state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthPassport numberHealth insurance IDMedical informationUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 0dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBI
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took steps to secure our systems
Began a thorough investigation with the support of leading outside cybersecurity experts
Promptly notified the FBI of the incident
Implemented enhanced security controls
Cooperating with law enforcement to investigate this incident
Offering a complimentary two-year membership of IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B which includes credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(147 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 7 states

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Indiana State AGOct 8 · first

California State AGOct 8 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 8 · first

Montana State AGOct 8 · first

New Hampshire State AG+10d

Washington State AG+20d · this page

California State AG+25d

Maine State AG+25d

New Hampshire State AG+28d

Pattern: first filing Oct 8 (IN), last Nov 5 (NH) — a 28-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA3153.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 28, 2021
Raw hash: 0915f8e91bb52218793ae6a3bbb58c99e63035d00f64c6aadbdb1522d1ac65e4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTerrier Media Buyer, Inc.

Victim entityTerrier Media Buyer, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 3, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to secure our systems

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com