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HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedCredentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

NetGalley Home

bd_2b05013c93b95c98 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 21, 2020

Filed

Dec 23, 2020

To disclose

2 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for NetGalley Home →

On December 21, 2020, NetGalley experienced a data security incident where a hacker accessed a backup file of the NetGalley database stored in Amazon Cloud. The breach occurred because a testing server was left unsecured, making credentials easily attainable. Exposed information included login names, passwords, first/last names, email addresses, countries, and optionally bios, mailing addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, company names, and Kindle email addresses. No financial information was involved. NetGalley re-secured testing sites, revised backup procedures, changed legacy passwords, added security features, and required password resets. The FBI was notified.

California clockDiscovered Dec 21, 2020 → Notified Dec 23, 20202d ✓ CA 60-day OK2 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 2 days

Dec 21, 2020

Begins

Dec 21, 2020

Discovered

Dec 23, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

18 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView 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.