MalwareRansomwareRansom DemandedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIDENTITY_BASICLOCATIONMETADATALowContained
IGI Global Scientific Publishing
bd_97dfe78acb4b60de · schema v1 · pii pii-v1
Full breach record for IGI Global Scientific Publishing →On August 18, 2025, IGI Global Scientific Publishing discovered a ransomware attack on its servers. The investigation confirmed that personal identifiable information — including names, dates of birth, home addresses, phone numbers, and account numbers — may have been impacted. A total of 516 individuals were affected, including 5 Maine residents. Consumer notification was sent electronically on December 3, 2025. IDX identity protection services were offered to affected individuals.
Maine clockDiscovered Aug 18, 2025 → Filed with AG Dec 10, 2025114d ✗ ME AG >90d16 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap
- bd_34ceb7fc9475825cVermont State AGfiled 2025-12-12(2d gap)Verified
- bd_1510beefada1eaacIndiana State AGfiled 2025-12-03(7d gap)Verified
- bd_1ca67f3b16f6fca3New Hampshire State AGfiled 2025-12-23(13d gap)Verified
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/e305f492-98cb-49fb-83be-6fda9504c808.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Dec 10, 2025
- Raw hash
- 3147e4a5f4bd5062efbd9826caae00b818295f2af7d502b65cf14e9a4dc2db59
Reporting entity
- Name
- IGI Global Scientific Publishingnorm: igi global scientific publishing
- Domain
- igi-global.com
- Industry
- Other Commercial
Victim entity
- Name
- IGI Global Scientific Publishingnorm: igi global scientific publishing
- Domain
- igi-global.com
- Industry
- Other Commercial
Incident
- Discovered
- Aug 18, 2025
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Dec 3, 2025
- Affected individuals
- 5
- Data types
- PIIIDENTITY_BASICLOCATIONMETADATA
- Attack vector
- Ransomware
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Notified Maine Attorney General
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 16 weeks(114 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- ME AG >90d · 114dME resident >60d · 107d
- Discovery-date grounding
- occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
- Clock breakdown
Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status Maine Discovered: Aug 18, 2025→ Filed with AG: Dec 10, 2025114d 90 days ME AG >90d Maine Discovered: Aug 18, 2025→ Notified: Dec 3, 2025107d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.