HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

TechMedia Network

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 20, 2013

Filed

Dec 20, 2013

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for TechMedia Network →

TechMedia Network detected an unauthorized intrusion on November 20, 2013, which may have allowed access to customer personal information including names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers, expiration dates, and CVV security codes. The breach date is listed as October 4, 2013. The company engaged law enforcement and implemented enhanced security measures. Affected individuals were offered 12 months of identity protection via AllClear ID.

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California clockDiscovered Nov 20, 2013 → Notified Dec 23, 201333d ✓ CA 60-day OK4 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 47 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Oct 4, 2013

Begins

Nov 20, 2013

Discovered

Dec 20, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_2770402fc2dd9a642013-12-20Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_9547a0c847bda5c42013-12-23 · +3dVerified

Name: TechMedia Network
norm: techmedia network
Domain: hermanstreet.com

Name: TechMedia Network
norm: techmedia network
Domain: hermanstreet.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 20, 2013
Breach occurred: Oct 4, 2013
Undetected for: 47 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 23, 2013
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Detected an unauthorized intrusion into its systems
Working with law enforcement to further investigate the unauthorized intrusion
Implemented enhanced security measures
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security measures
Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 12 months at no cost
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 33d
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: Nov 20, 2013
→ Notified: Dec 23, 2013
33d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Nov 20, 2013 → Notified: Dec 23, 2013	33d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGDec 20 · first

California State AGDec 20 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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/sb24-43575
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 20, 2013
Raw hash: 52781252edb15002389305a696d4d3cd5e39115f44f8cdba693cd211eb6fd9e6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTechMedia Network

Victim entityTechMedia Network

Incidentdiscovered Nov 20, 2013

Stated responseDetected an unauthorized intrusion into its systems

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov