MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

IGI Global Scientific Publishing

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 18, 2025

Filed

Dec 12, 2025

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for IGI Global Scientific Publishing →

IGI Global Scientific Publishing notified Vermont AG of a ransomware attack discovered on August 18, 2025. The incident impacted personal data including names, DOBs, addresses, and account numbers. IGI restored systems from backups, conducted an investigation, and is offering 12-24 months of identity theft protection via IDX. No evidence of misuse was found at the time of notice.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday17 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 116 days

Aug 18, 2025

Discovered

Dec 12, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_97dfe78acb4b60de2025-12-10 · +2dCandidate
Nebraska State AGbd_14dfa49792a45b0e2025-12-03 · +9dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_1510beefada1eaac2025-12-03 · +9dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_18eb9be0d5f3d4972025-12-23 · +11dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_1ca67f3b16f6fca32025-12-23 · +11dVerified

Name: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
norm: igi global scientific publishing
Domain: igi-global.com

Name: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
norm: igi global scientific publishing
Domain: igi-global.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Aug 18, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 12, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Restored its system through backups
Commenced an investigation into what occurred
Implemented additional safeguards to improve security within its infrastructure
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX, A ZeroFox Company
Changes made: Work diligently to further strengthen the security of our systems to the highest possible level
Implemented additional safeguards to improve security within our infrastructure
Will continue to take additional steps to protect related data from theft or similar cybercriminal activity in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(116 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Nebraska State AGDec 3 · first

Indiana State AGDec 3 · first

Maine State AG+7d

Vermont State AG+9d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+20d

New Hampshire State AG+20d

Pattern: first filing Dec 3 (NE), last Dec 23 (NH) — a 20-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-12-12-igi-global-scientific-publishing-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 12, 2025
Raw hash: 5029e9da06e8065b898579619832dfeac07d65ec2ac2f68292a629858a7491f5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityIGI Global Scientific Publishing

Victim entityIGI Global Scientific Publishing

Incidentdiscovered Aug 18, 2025

Stated responseRestored its system through backups

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov