MalwareTelecom & MediaInformationRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Newsweb LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 22, 2026

Filed

Aug 5, 2026

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Newsweb LLC →

Newsweb LLC, a media and printing group, experienced a ransomware incident where an unknown party accessed and acquired data from its network between April 14 and April 22, 2026. The company discovered suspicious activity on April 22, 2026. The breach affected 1 New Hampshire resident, exposing their name and Social Security Number. Newsweb engaged forensic investigators, secured its network, reported to law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 105 days

Apr 14, 2026

Begins

Apr 22, 2026

Discovered

Aug 5, 2026

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_056e63d40d2c938c2026-08-05Candidate
Nebraska State AGbd_e575dd7de120a15f2026-08-05Verified
Illinois State AGbd_612035ed1941b09d2026-08-01 · +4dVerified

Name: Newsweb LLC
norm: newsweb

Name: Newsweb LLC
norm: newsweb
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Apr 22, 2026
Breach occurred: Apr 14, 2026 – Apr 22, 2026
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 5, 2026
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported to New Hampshire Attorney GeneralReported to federal law enforcement

During the incident: Took immediate action to secure the environment
Engaged Kennedys law firm
Retained CFC Security, Inc. d/b/a/ CFC Response to conduct an investigation
Reported the incident to federal law enforcement
Set up a dedicated call center through Haystack to assist notified individuals
Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through Haystack
Changes made: Reviewing its existing security policies and protections
Adopting additional security to safeguard against evolving threats moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(105 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

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Illinois State AGAug 1 · first

Massachusetts State AG+4d

Nebraska State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+4d · this page

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/newsweb-20260805.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 5, 2026
Raw hash: 989b652c937dc34b6d1d847bf636a362702ab2d6b83e163b0d3e43b14218bef7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNewsweb LLC

Victim entityNewsweb LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 22, 2026

Stated responseTook immediate action to secure the environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov