HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

American Public Television

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 8, 2025

Filed

Feb 27, 2026

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for American Public Television →2 incidents on file

American Public Television notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a security incident affecting 5 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred Sept 5-8, 2025; detected Sept 8, 2025. Exposed PII: names, addresses, DOB, SSNs. Notifications mailed Feb 27, 2026. Response included forensic investigation, password resets, server rebuilds, and credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 172 days

Sep 5, 2025

Begins

Sep 8, 2025

Discovered

Feb 27, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_c854a7bcb3ae99022026-02-27Verified

Name: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
norm: shook hardy bacon

Name: American Public Television
norm: american public television
Domain: aptonline.org
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Sep 8, 2025
Breach occurred: Sep 5, 2025 – Sep 8, 2025
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 27, 2026
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged Shook, Hardy & Bacon as outside counsel
Engaged a leading digital-forensics firm to assist in the investigation
Engaged a data-review vendor to determine what personal information was in those files
Started mailing written notices to affected individuals
Provided a complimentary one-year membership to Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring
Established a toll-free call center
Reset passwords
Rebuilt the affected servers
Adopted additional technical safeguards
Changes made: Adopted additional technical safeguards
Rebuilt the affected servers
Reset passwords
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(172 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGFeb 27 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 27 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/american-public-television-20260227.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 27, 2026
Raw hash: 4d0ecfe6540358c270f38ad7a15bf22ef4f8771ae83c60a844b6ff767b2d958b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityShook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Victim entityAmerican Public Television

Incidentdiscovered Sep 8, 2025

Stated responseEngaged Shook, Hardy & Bacon as outside counsel

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov