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HackingTelecom & MediaInformationSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

SIMON & SCHUSTER, LLC

bd_5086a97446b11010 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Aug 10, 2026

To disclose

Affected

42state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%
Full breach record for SIMON & SCHUSTER, LLC

Simon & Schuster LLC notified Massachusetts residents of a security incident at one of its vendors that may have affected personal information. The company conducted a forensic investigation, notified law enforcement, and is providing 24 months of identity monitoring services via Epiq Privacy Solutions ID. No specific dates for the incident or discovery were provided in the notice. The specific types of data compromised were not explicitly listed, but the offer of credit monitoring and SSN monitoring suggests potential exposure of identity and financial data.

Incident timeline — partial

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Aug 10, 2026

Filed

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Vermont State AGAug 10 · first
New Hampshire State AGAug 10 · first
Massachusetts State AGAug 10 · 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.