HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

ANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 19, 2022

Filed

Mar 22, 2023

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

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

Supplemental notice from Andrews McMeel Universal regarding a data security incident. An unknown actor gained access to the network between Nov 17-19, 2022. The incident involved personal information of 6 New Hampshire residents. AMU engaged cybersecurity experts, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring and identity protection services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 123 days

Nov 17, 2022

Begins

Nov 19, 2022

Discovered

Jan 4, 2023

Scope determined

Mar 22, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_8cdbc5d9f8ed62f62023-03-22Verified
Maine State AGbd_e6d12835c087df6f2023-03-22Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_67bdf8d2898d18272023-01-25 · +56dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_964ef63b17930bd42023-01-25 · +56dVerified

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Indiana State AGbd_acc7e6d405cf3c8a2023-01-25 · +56dVerified
Maine State AGbd_ea47cf7ddeffad262023-01-23 · +58dCandidate

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 19, 2022
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jan 4, 2023
Notification sent: Mar 22, 2023
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralReported this incident to federal law enforcement and is cooperating with the investigation

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity experts to assist with safely restoring operations, to investigate the incident, and to determine if any personal information was impacted
Reported this incident to federal law enforcement and is cooperating with the investigation
Notifying the affected individuals and providing resources and steps individuals can take to help protect their information
Offering complimentary identity protection services to each individual whose personal information was affected by this event, including credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, $1 million identity fraud loss reimbursement policy, and fully managed identity theft recovery services
Reporting this incident to the three credit reporting agencies: Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to further harden its environment in an effort to prevent a similar event from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(123 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGJan 23 · first

Massachusetts State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+2d

Indiana State AG+2d

Montana State AG+58d

Maine State AG+58d

New Hampshire State AG+58d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 23 (ME), last Mar 22 (NH) — a 58-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/andrews-mcmeel-universal-20230322.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 22, 2023
Raw hash: d70332264adc11bcd4ab95eef5387518c9a943cc421121882371cb44edb5e5d1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · 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, to investigate the incident, and to determine if any personal information was impacted

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov