HackingHacking OtherCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

ANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 14, 2023

Filed

Jul 24, 2023

To disclose

10 days

Affected · nationwide

5,25618 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for ANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL →2 incidents on file

Andrews McMeel Universal, a commercial organization, reported an external system breach that was discovered on July 14, 2023. The breach, which occurred on November 17, 2022, affected 18 Maine residents. The compromised data includes names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers, along with their respective security codes or PINs. The company has offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through IDX to the affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 14, 2023 → Filed with AG Jul 24, 202310d ✓ ME AG ≤30d10 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 239 days

discovery → filing · 10 days

Nov 17, 2022

Begins

Jul 14, 2023

Discovered

Jul 24, 2023

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

California State AGbd_3ceecdeb04a17faa2023-07-24Candidate
Vermont State AGbd_49ac7deed0cc3dac2023-07-24Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_158262a5611d66902023-07-25 · +1dVerified

Name: ANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL
norm: andrews mcmeel universal

Name: ANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL
norm: andrews mcmeel universal

Discovered: Jul 14, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 17, 2022
Undetected for: 239 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 24, 2023
Affected individuals: 5,256state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

Changes made: Offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through IDX.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 days(10 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 10d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jul 14, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Jul 24, 2023
10d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 14, 2023 → Filed with AG: Jul 24, 2023	10d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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California State AGJul 24 · first

Vermont State AGJul 24 · first

Maine State AGJul 24 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/53a9367b-17b3-4e87-9f6d-8344308803e3.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 24, 2023
Raw hash: 457012176b3a5b355c42f78f4a4b73e36dcc171d585ea999de586074def3c307

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL

Victim entityANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL

Incidentdiscovered Jul 14, 2023

Stated responseOffered 12 months of credit monitoring services through IDX.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov