HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)MediumContained

ANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 19, 2022

Filed

Jul 24, 2023

To disclose

35 weeks

Affected

2,893scope not determined

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Andrews McMeel Universal notified consumers of a data breach where an unknown actor accessed the network between Nov 17-18, 2022. The incident was discovered on Nov 19, 2022, and consumer notification occurred on July 24, 2023. Affected data included names and other personal information. The company engaged cybersecurity experts, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday35 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

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 35 weeks / 247 days

Nov 17, 2022

Begins

Nov 19, 2022

Discovered

Jul 14, 2023

Scope determined

Jul 24, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+27 wks slower

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

California State AGbd_3ceecdeb04a17faa2023-07-24Candidate
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: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 19, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 17, 2022 – Nov 18, 2022
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jul 14, 2023
Notification sent: Jul 24, 2023
Affected individuals: 2,893scope not determined
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement and is cooperating with the resulting investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity experts to assist with safely restoring operations and investigating the incident
Notified law enforcement and is cooperating with the resulting investigation
Offering complimentary identity monitoring and recovery services for 12/24 months through IDX
Changes made: Took steps to secure the network environment
Taking and continue to take 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: 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 · 4 filings · 4 states

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California State AGJul 24 · first

Maine State AGJul 24 · first

Vermont 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-07-24-andrews-mcmeel-universal-data-breach-notice-consumers
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: 98629618936832ab86a809d966dff827fb8a8ea8aba8a4684bf92706809d11b4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL

Victim entityANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL

Incidentdiscovered Nov 19, 2022

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity experts to assist with safely restoring operations and investigating the incident

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov