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HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Forum Communications Company

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 31, 2025

Filed

Mar 19, 2025

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Forum Communications Company →2 incidents on file

Forum Communications Company notified consumers of a data breach where an unauthorized party accessed systems between Jan 14-31, 2025. Personal information was acquired. No evidence of identity theft was found. The company offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring. The incident is contained.

Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday7 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 17 days
discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

Jan 14, 2025

Begins

Jan 31, 2025

Discovered

Mar 19, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 5d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Mar 14 (IN), last Mar 19 (VT) — 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.