HackingTechnologyRetail & ConsumerInformationCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

TV Guide Magazine

bd_439a2e9f9fd657da · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 23, 2024

Filed

May 15, 2025

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for TV Guide Magazine →

TV Guide Magazine, LLC reported unauthorized access to its network between October 20-23, 2024, discovered on October 23, 2024. Files were exfiltrated. The company notified law enforcement, implemented additional cybersecurity measures, and offered credit monitoring. One New Hampshire resident was affected.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d29 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 204 days

Oct 20, 2024

Begins

Oct 23, 2024

Discovered

Mar 24, 2025

Scope determined

May 15, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by play about this victim was first seen 201 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteplaybd_734b07640bc320802024-10-26 · +200dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_298e2049bfbe4b1b2025-05-15Verified
Vermont State AGbd_f822d253f0d593ad2025-05-15Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_fa4712e48e572f0e2025-05-15Verified

Name: TV Guide Magazine
norm: tv guide magazine
Domain: tvguidemagazine.com

Name: TV Guide Magazine
norm: tv guide magazine
Domain: tvguidemagazine.com
Industry: TechnologyllmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 23, 2024
Breach occurred: Oct 20, 2024 – Oct 23, 2024
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Mar 24, 2025
Notification sent: May 15, 2025
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement regarding the eventProviding written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators, as necessary, and to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion

During the incident: Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assessed the security of TV Guide Magazine systems
Identified potentially affected individuals
Notified law enforcement regarding the event
Providing access to complimentary credit monitoring services for , through Equifax, to individuals whose personal information was affected by this incident
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators, as necessary, and to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Reviewing existing security policies
Implemented additional cybersecurity measures to further protect against similar events moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(204 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGMay 15 · first

Vermont State AGMay 15 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 15 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 15 · first · 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/tv-guide-magazine-20250515.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 15, 2025
Raw hash: 55bc4910cdb45941b06ea551419bd0ac52f24b29cdedcb2404ada423d132bf3e

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTV Guide Magazine

Victim entityTV Guide Magazine

Incidentdiscovered Oct 23, 2024

Stated responseMoved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov