HackingIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountCredentialsMediumContained

Walsworth Publishing Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 21, 2021

Filed

Jan 24, 2022

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Walsworth Publishing Company →2 incidents on file

Walsworth Publishing Company notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data security incident involving unauthorized access to an employee email account. Discovered on October 21, 2021, the breach exposed personal information including names, SSNs, health data, bank account info, and credentials. One NH resident was affected. Walsworth engaged forensic investigators, secured the email platform, and provided credit monitoring and ID theft recovery services to the affected individual.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 95 days

Oct 21, 2021

Discovered

Jan 24, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4835821377c0f7752022-01-24Verified
Indiana State AGbd_0254307f23b5a74b2022-01-20 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_99daf27e1ac8dec22022-01-20 · +4dVerified

Name: Walsworth Publishing Company
norm: walsworth publishing
Domain: walsworthyearbooks.com

Name: Walsworth Publishing Company
norm: walsworth publishing
Domain: walsworthyearbooks.com

Discovered: Oct 21, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 20, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountCredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure the impacted email platform and further secured its environment
Engaged a computer forensics firm to conduct an investigation into the incident
Notified the potentially impacted individuals
Offered complimentary identity protection services, 12 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring, a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy, and fully managed ID theft recovery services
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance the security of its email environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(95 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGJan 20 · first

Montana State AGJan 20 · first

Massachusetts State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+4d · 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/walsworth-publishing-20220124.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 24, 2022
Raw hash: 7e607627c259e681a7cdd95233d5cf38fc39292eee5104047648d63f1e1201bc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWalsworth Publishing Company

Victim entityWalsworth Publishing Company

Incidentdiscovered Oct 21, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to secure the impacted email platform and further secured its environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov