HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)PIIMediumContained

Condé Nast

bd_2e4d72576ad476b0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 20, 2025

Filed

Feb 20, 2026

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1,392state residents only

Confidence

70%

Condé Nast reported an unauthorized access incident affecting WIRED subscriber data (names, DOBs) in Washington. Access occurred Sept-Nov 2025; discovered Nov 2025. 1,392 Washington residents affected. No passwords or financial data compromised. Investigation and remediation completed.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d13 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 80 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 92 days

Sep 1, 2025

Begins

Nov 20, 2025

Discovered

Feb 20, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,392 affectedView incident

Name: Condé Nast Publications Limited
norm: conde nast publications
Domain: condenast.com

Name: Condé Nast
norm: conde nast
Domain: condenast.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Nov 20, 2025
Breach occurred: Sep 1, 2025 – Nov 1, 2025
Undetected for: 80 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 20, 2026
Affected individuals: 1,392state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Data elements: NameDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated an investigation
Consulted with external technical and legal advisors
Took steps to remediate the issue
Cooperate with the appropriate authorities
Continue to monitor
Changes made: Obtained a copy of the encrypted file posted online
De-encrypted the file to confirm affected information
Remediated the underlying issue that resulted in the information being disclosed
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/BreachA36738.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 20, 2026
Raw hash: 1a7490180b7210ea7d86d4a43f19c3f7465dc1445b871b1c658f484ab0f1e21e

Reporting entityCondé Nast Publications Limited

Victim entityCondé Nast

Incidentdiscovered Nov 20, 2025

Stated responseInitiated an investigation

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com