HackingTelecom & MediaInformationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIIMediumContained

ANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 19, 2022

Filed

Jul 24, 2023

To disclose

35 weeks

Affected

2,893

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL →2 incidents on file

Andrews McMeel Universal experienced a data security incident where an unknown actor gained access to and obtained certain data from the network between November 17 and 18, 2022. The incident was discovered on November 19, 2022. Affected individuals' names and potentially other personal information were involved. The company engaged cybersecurity experts, notified law enforcement, and is offering credit monitoring services.

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California clockDiscovered Nov 19, 2022 → Notified Jul 24, 2023247d ✗ CA 60-day late35 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 35 weeks / 247 days

Nov 17, 2022

Begins

Nov 19, 2022

Discovered

Jul 24, 2023

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_49ac7deed0cc3dac2023-07-24Verified
Maine State AGbd_d22c616e9c4f80952023-07-24Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_158262a5611d66902023-07-25 · +1dVerified

Name: ANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL
norm: andrews mcmeel universal

Name: ANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL
norm: andrews mcmeel universal
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Nov 19, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 17, 2022 – Nov 18, 2022
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 24, 2023
Affected individuals: 2,893nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Took steps to secure the network environment
Engaged cybersecurity experts to assist with safely restoring operations
Engaged cybersecurity experts to investigate the incident
Notified law enforcement and are cooperating with the resulting investigation
Offering complimentary identity monitoring and recovery services for 12/24 months through IDX
Changes made: Taking steps to protect against a similar incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 35 weeks(247 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 247d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Nov 19, 2022
→ Notified: Jul 24, 2023
247d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Nov 19, 2022 → Notified: Jul 24, 2023	247d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGJul 24 · first

Maine State AGJul 24 · first

California State AGJul 24 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-570755
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 24, 2023
Raw hash: 48b32393a1e3773ba8129cf872280e3e95893eecf615efc7a056d3c9ec7a2dee

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL

Victim entityANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL

Incidentdiscovered Nov 19, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure the network environment

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov