HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailTargetedIdentity (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

66%

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

Andrews McMeel Universal notified affected individuals in March 2023 of a November 2022 network disruption where an unknown actor gained access to the network. Personal information, including names, was potentially involved. The company engaged cybersecurity experts, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 123 days

Nov 19, 2022

Begins

Nov 19, 2022

Discovered

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_8a181b57cb17b4862023-03-22Verified
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 19, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
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 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 steps to protect against a similar incident 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

New Hampshire State AG+58d

Maine State AG+58d

Montana State AG+58d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 23 (ME), last Mar 22 (MT) — 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-127.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: f9b9f1b31a7cce8c5a334e1634b58d4e0d404491ca8db5fa59006944a45d007e

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 and investigating the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov