HackingTelecom & MediaInformationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

WHYY, Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 29, 2023

Filed

Sep 8, 2023

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for WHYY, Inc →

WHYY, Inc. notified consumers that an unauthorized actor gained access to its systems on or around June 29, 2023, viewing or copying files containing names and Social Security numbers. The company engaged third-party cybersecurity specialists, restored system functionality, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday10 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 71 days

Jun 29, 2023

Begins

Jun 29, 2023

Discovered

Sep 8, 2023

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_4e91c9bd4ddcf04d2023-09-08Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_aaa2562d65d3786f2023-09-13 · +5dVerified

Name: WHYY, Inc
norm: whyy

Name: WHYY, Inc
norm: whyy
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Jun 29, 2023
Breach occurred: Jun 29, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported this event to federal law enforcement and government regulators where required

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party cyber security specialists
Conducted a thorough and time-intensive review of the impacted files
Restored functionality to our environment
Reported this event to federal law enforcement and government regulators
Offering 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Working to review and further enhance protections as part of our ongoing commitment to data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(71 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGSep 8 · first

Vermont State AGSep 8 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Sep 8 (MT), last Sep 13 (MA) — a 5-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-09-08-whyy-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 8, 2023
Raw hash: 919e2afb078885c51e65ae2c17120be328cbcb346965d76c891a111da632633b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWHYY, Inc

Victim entityWHYY, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Jun 29, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of third-party cyber security specialists

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov