Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Walsworth Publishing Company

bd_99daf27e1ac8dec2 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 21, 2021

Filed

Jan 20, 2022

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Walsworth Publishing Company →2 incidents on file

Walsworth Publishing Company notified individuals of a data security incident discovered on October 21, 2021, involving unauthorized access to an employee email account. The incident likely resulted from phishing. Personal information, including names, was accessed. Walsworth enhanced email security and offered identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 91 days

Oct 21, 2021

Discovered

Jan 20, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_0254307f23b5a74b2022-01-20Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_35c768dfdcb92d9c2022-01-24 · +4dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_4835821377c0f7752022-01-24 · +4dVerified

Name: Walsworth Publishing Company
norm: walsworth publishing
Domain: walsworthyearbooks.com

Name: Walsworth Publishing Company
norm: walsworth publishing
Domain: walsworthyearbooks.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Oct 21, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 20, 2022
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Investigated the activity
Provided additional security to its email environment
Implemented additional measures to enhance the security of its email environment
Offering complimentary identity protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance the security of its email environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(91 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGJan 20 · first

Montana State AGJan 20 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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-31.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 20, 2022
Raw hash: e53204ed0812b0353c429e0da20097c0ee2f94712080c619406e32347ed270d1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWalsworth Publishing Company

Victim entityWalsworth Publishing Company

Incidentdiscovered Oct 21, 2021

Stated responseInvestigated the activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov