MalwareTechnologyOtherInformationRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedGovernment IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

AGI Publishing, Inc.

bd_b094368146aae0e0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 11, 2021

Filed

Oct 29, 2021

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for AGI Publishing, Inc. →

AGI Publishing, Inc. (d/b/a Valley Yellow Pages) notified Montana AG of a ransomware attack discovered on Sept 11, 2021. The incident impacted 9 Montana residents, exposing SSNs and PHI (names, addresses, health plan numbers). Access was gained via VPN. AGI engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI, and provided 1 year of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Sep 11, 2021

Discovered

Oct 29, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_05165b6a6a2c845b2021-10-29Verified
Indiana State AGbd_248277f5e25167cb2021-10-29Verified
Maine State AGbd_413e42839aac08a72021-10-29Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_67f6962a80d41ef52021-10-29Verified

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California State AGbd_198e427bdfe428a92021-11-08 · +10dVerified

Name: Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP
norm: whiteford taylor preston
Domain: whitefordlaw.com

Name: AGI Publishing, Inc.
norm: agi publishing
Industry: TechnologyllmOtherllm

Discovered: Sep 11, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 29, 2021
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Montana Attorney General's OfficeProvided notice to applicable government regulators and other Attorneys General
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: Hired third-party forensic experts to conduct a thorough investigation
Contacting the FBI to seek assistance with the incident
Provided the potentially impacted individuals free access to credit monitoring services for one year through Experian
Provided the notice to the three major credit reporting agencies along with the applicable government regulators, officials, and other Attorneys General
Changes made: Working to implement any necessary additional safeguards
Enhance and improve its policies and procedures related to data protection
Improve its cybersecurity infrastructure
Further train its employees on best practices to minimize the likelihood of this type of incident occurring again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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California State AGOct 29 · first

Indiana State AGOct 29 · first

Maine State AGOct 29 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 29 · first

Montana State AGOct 29 · first · this page

California State AG+10d

Pattern: first filing Oct 29 (CA), last Nov 8 (CA) — a 10-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-41.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 29, 2021
Raw hash: a27335ab6ce2ec188095127a22075966b1a89cc747f6f7c7156e82aa8a8dd89d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWhiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP

Victim entityAGI Publishing, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 11, 2021

Stated responseHired third-party forensic experts to conduct a thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov