HackingTelecom & MediaInformationData ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountPHIHealth (basic)HighContained

ANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 19, 2022

Filed

Jan 25, 2023

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,2675 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Andrews McMeel Universal experienced a network disruption on November 19, 2022, during which an unknown actor gained access to and obtained certain data from the AMU network. The investigation determined that personal information of current and past employees and 1099 contractors was involved, including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, financial account information, driver’s licenses, passport numbers, health insurance information, and/or medical information. AMU notified 5 New Hampshire residents and a total of 1,267 individuals nationwide. The company engaged cybersecurity experts, implemented additional security measures, and offered complimentary identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 67 days

Nov 19, 2022

Begins

Nov 19, 2022

Discovered

Jan 25, 2023

Filed

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_67bdf8d2898d18272023-01-25Verified
Indiana State AGbd_acc7e6d405cf3c8a2023-01-25Verified
Maine State AGbd_ea47cf7ddeffad262023-01-23 · +2dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_8a181b57cb17b4862023-03-22 · +56dVerified

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Montana State AGbd_8cdbc5d9f8ed62f62023-03-22 · +56dVerified
Maine State AGbd_e6d12835c087df6f2023-03-22 · +56dVerified

Name: ANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL
norm: andrews mcmeel universal

Name: ANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL
norm: andrews mcmeel universal
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Nov 19, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 19, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 25, 2023
Affected individuals: 1,267state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountPHIHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralReported to federal law enforcement

During the incident: Took steps to secure the network environment
Engaged cybersecurity experts to assist with safely restoring operations
Launched a forensics investigation to determine the source and scope of the compromise
Reported this incident to federal law enforcement and is cooperating with the investigation
Notified the affected individuals
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 out of an abundance of caution 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: 10 weeks(67 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

Indiana State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+2d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+58d

Montana State AG+58d

Maine State AG+58d

Pattern: first filing Jan 23 (ME), last Mar 22 (ME) — 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-20230125.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 25, 2023
Raw hash: 9a107df81ca4458ab741e8cfee12762aa86d236acfd5833e39a6abdbddbeccfc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL

Victim entityANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL

Incidentdiscovered Nov 19, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure the network environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov