HackingInformationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

AGI Publishing, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 11, 2021

Filed

Oct 29, 2021

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

7,0325 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for AGI Publishing, Inc. →

AGI Publishing, Inc. (d/b/a Valley Yellow Pages) experienced an external system breach on September 11, 2021, which was also discovered on the same day. The breach affected 7,032 individuals, compromising names and Social Security numbers. The company began notifying affected individuals in writing on October 29, 2021, and offered one year of identity monitoring services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 11, 2021 → Filed with AG Oct 29, 202148d ⏱ ME AG >30d7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Sep 11, 2021

Begins

Sep 11, 2021

Discovered

Oct 29, 2021

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_05165b6a6a2c845b2021-10-29Verified
Indiana State AGbd_248277f5e25167cb2021-10-29Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_67f6962a80d41ef52021-10-29Verified
Montana State AGbd_b094368146aae0e02021-10-29Verified

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California State AGbd_198e427bdfe428a92021-11-08 · +10dVerified

Name: AGI Publishing, Inc.
norm: agi publishing

Name: AGI Publishing, Inc.
norm: agi publishing
Also named: AGI Publishing, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Valley Yellow Pagesdba oftrade name

Discovered: Sep 11, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 11, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 29, 2021
Affected individuals: 7,032state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Offered one year of identity monitoring services from Experian
Provided written notification to affected individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 48d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Sep 11, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Oct 29, 2021
48d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 11, 2021 → Filed with AG: Oct 29, 2021	48d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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California State AGOct 29 · first

Indiana State AGOct 29 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 29 · first

Montana State AGOct 29 · first

Maine State AGOct 29 · first · this page

California State AG+10d

Pattern: first filing Oct 29 (CA), last Nov 8 (CA) — a 10-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/f3af3656-7633-47ae-8c84-ba8562126db6.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 29, 2021
Raw hash: 25f23f5104c701809d356f072a486b94750e54598f63a8a6feeb7ba4c4d932c0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAGI Publishing, Inc.

Victim entityAGI Publishing, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 11, 2021

Stated responseOffered one year of identity monitoring services from Experian

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov