HackingTelecom & MediaInformationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Evening Post Publishing Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 20, 2024

Filed

Aug 8, 2024

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Evening Post Publishing Inc. →

Evening Post Publishing Inc. disclosed unauthorized access to its network between March 13 and March 20, 2024. The company became aware of suspicious activity on March 20, 2024. An unknown actor acquired certain files containing sensitive information, including names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, passport numbers, financial account information, credit card information, and driver's license numbers. The company engaged third-party forensic specialists, reported the incident to law enforcement, and implemented additional security safeguards. Affected individuals were offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 20, 2024 → Notified Jul 1, 2024103d ✗ CA 60-day late20 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 141 days

Mar 13, 2024

Begins

Mar 20, 2024

Discovered

Aug 8, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_2089f63fdb3329512024-08-08Candidate
Vermont State AGbd_65f75d6ff4d9a9d32024-08-08Verified
Montana State AGbd_a3f42812eb5f5cd82024-08-08Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ea906c49178471072024-08-08Verified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 110d gap

South Carolina State AGbd_3a84168cee6180d92024-08-09 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_9889b774fd6279432024-07-08 · +31dVerified
California State AGbd_21aa947892c70a222024-11-26 · +110dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_e45990486af3702e2024-11-26 · +110dVerified

Name: Evening Post Publishing Inc.
norm: evening post publishing

Name: Evening Post Publishing Inc.
norm: evening post publishing
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Mar 20, 2024
Breach occurred: Mar 13, 2024 – Mar 20, 2024
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 1, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the event to law enforcement

During the incident: Took steps to secure our environment
Initiated an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Reported the event to law enforcement
Implemented additional safeguards related to data privacy and security
Offering access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services for <<CM Duration>> months through CyEx
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards related to data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(141 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 103d
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: Mar 20, 2024
→ Notified: Jul 1, 2024
103d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 20, 2024 → Notified: Jul 1, 2024	103d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGJul 8 · first

Maine State AG+31d

Vermont State AG+31d

Montana State AG+31d

Massachusetts State AG+31d

California State AG+31d · this page

South Carolina State AG+32d

California State AG+141d

Vermont State AG+141d

Pattern: first filing Jul 8 (IN), last Nov 26 (VT) — a 141-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-589987
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 8, 2024
Raw hash: d309e876abee75368704ca9299744b3c91bd8669e0bec2bc564aae7a17f7b62a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEvening Post Publishing Inc.

Victim entityEvening Post Publishing Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 20, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure our environment

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov