HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Partner in Publishing LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 14, 2025

Filed

Feb 5, 2026

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Partner in Publishing LLC →

Partner in Publishing LLC notified consumers of a data breach where an unauthorized party accessed an employee email account between August 4 and August 14, 2025. The incident involved the potential acquisition of names and other personal data. The company engaged forensic investigators and is offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring via Experian IdentityWorks.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday25 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 · 10 days

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 175 days

Aug 4, 2025

Begins

Aug 14, 2025

Discovered

Feb 5, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_7e603603533ed0a02026-02-06 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_8ad89683ec78f81b2026-02-06 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_617326c44f4068c32026-01-23 · +13dCandidate

Name: Partner in Publishing LLC
norm: partner in publishing

Name: Partner in Publishing LLC
norm: partner in publishing
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Aug 14, 2025
Breach occurred: Aug 4, 2025 – Aug 14, 2025
Undetected for: 10 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 5, 2026
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with assistance from a third-party forensic investigation firm
Arranged for you to enroll in a complimentary, one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Changes made: Taking steps to reduce the risk of this type of incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(175 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: 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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGJan 23 · first

Vermont State AG+13d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+14d

New Hampshire State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Jan 23 (IN), last Feb 6 (NH) — a 14-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2026-02-05-partner-publishing-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 5, 2026
Raw hash: a42c3d4bb08321a01781352d2f3a9f841750e327d61031b9f814edc164698e60

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPartner in Publishing LLC

Victim entityPartner in Publishing LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 14, 2025

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with assistance from a third-party forensic investigation firm

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov